ADF STAT. No. 

 141-10 WR 24 



56°13.8' N. 132*02.5' W. Previous No. 32 



WRANGELL, ERNEST SOUND, FOOLS INLET, E. head. 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink. OTHER SPECIES Chum, coho. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle. Aug. -Sept (est. ) ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Good, but limited. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Normal range. No observed temperatures. 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION Glacial origin. 



DRAINAGE 0. 65 square mile ( polar plonimeter). 



STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Small stream entering at high tide line. Easily missed at low water. 



ANCHORAGE Anchorage may be had southward of the two small islands near the head of the inlet. 



TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Easily surveyed. Good game trails along the banks. Take a 



skiff upstream as far as possible, but beware of being stuck on on outgoing tide. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Poor for aerial survey due to heavy overstory. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0.1 mile. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 50V3"-36". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slight. 



BOTTOM Gravel, rock, and sand. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS At the upper limits of the intertidal area. 



SPAWNING AREAS The upper one -eighth has good spawning gravel; this section is heavily utilized 



by pinks. 

 GENERAL NOTES The entire section to marker is affected by extreme high tide of 16' and over. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE C, I mile. AVER AGE WIDTH/ DEPTH 10'-20'/8"-16". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slight 



BOTTOM Coarse grave and sand grading into hard shale rock 1.5 miles up, 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS 



TRIBUTARIES Tlie intertidal zone joins that of a neighboring stream near the high tide mark. 



SCHOOLING AREAS The entire area surveyed consists largely of pool areas. 



SPAWNING AREAS Very little spawning area available upstream. Left fork has 1.5 miles spawning area. 



GENERAL NOTES 



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