ADF STAT. No. 

 115-30 EAGLE CREEK WR 109 



55-58' N. 132-58. 2- W. Previous No. 155 



WRANGELL, CLARENCE STRAIT, 1. 8 miles S. of Luck Pt. 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink. OTHER SPECIES Chum, coho, red. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle. Aug. -Sept. ESC APEMENT MAGNITUDE 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Poor. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Normal range. Observed temperatures: 59* F. , 9/13/50; 52.5*F. , 9/26/50; 



48. 5*F. , 10/2/50; 57" F. , 8/1/51; 57' F. , 8/13/Sl; 56* F. , 8/25/51; 53' F. , 9/8/51; 65* F. , 8/29/51; 



58* F. , 9/14/51; 52-F. , 10/2/52; 50* F. , 10/9/52. 

 VALLEY DESCRIPTION 



DRAINAGE 30 square miles (polar planimeter). 



STREAM MOUTH IDLENTIFIC ATION No tideflat. Flows directly into Strait. Rock 100 yards off mouth. 

 ANCHORAGE Anchoring off the mouth is safe only in calm weather. Anchor Coffman Cove or Ratz Harbor. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES This stream is extremely difficult to travel along its margins and 



is nearly impossible to wade because of the slippery rocks. Game trails follow the ridges on both sides, 



but are strewn with downfalls. Most easily surveyed from lake down. Cabin on lake. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Good visibility, in upper reaches. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0.2mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 30710". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate to steep. 



BOTTOM Shattered bedrock, boulders, and some gravel. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS A large hole just above the constriction. 



SPAWNING AREAS About 100 yards at the upper end of this zone offers limited spawning facilities. 



Not much spawning takes place in this zone. 

 GENERAL NOTES This area has steep walls for the first 150 yards. Travel is difficult in this area. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 1. 8 miles to lake. AVER AGE WI DTH / DEPTH 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate to steep. 



BOTTOM Large boulders, bedrock, and sand. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS None. 



TRIBUTARIES None. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Several large pools, mostly in upper half of stream. 



SPAWNING AREAS Spawning facilities are limited to the stream's margins and gravel pockets 



between boulders except in upper one-half of stream which is excellent spawning area. 

 GENERAL NOTES Almost a continuous rapids for first mile. 



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