130-30 



56° 41 . 4' N. 132° 19 ' 



NORTH ARM CREEK 



ADF STAT. No. 



WR 3-2 

 FWS No. 4 



WRANGELL, CLARENCE STRAIT, STIKINE RIVER , 1 mile NE. of Farm I. , N. shore. 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum.. OTHER SPECIES King, coho. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Good. 



STREAM TEMPERATURE 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION 



DRAINAGE Approximately 3 square miles. 



STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters Stikine River approximately two miles N. of the 



combined entrances to North Arm and Eulachon Slough. 

 ANCHORAGE Use skiff out of Wrangell. 



TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES No trails. Difficult to walk at high water stages. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Fair for aerial survey. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 



BOTTOM 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS 



SPAWNING AREAS 



GENERAL NOTES No intertidal zone. 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 1. Smiles. AVER AGE Wl DTH / DEPTH 40V16". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate to 1. 5 miles, then swift. 



BOTTOM Sand, some boulders, and gravel. 



MARKER DISTANCE None. 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS Falls in gorge at about 2 miles. 



TRIBUTARIES None. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Large lagoon at confluence with Stikine River and large pool about 100 yards 



upstream. 

 SPAWNING AREAS Throughout stream to the gorge. 

 GENERAL NOTES Quite a few brown bear inhabit this stream. 



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