

2 9lx!!! ? SM'to'? d&i-'oSi bnr- dcrtoW. erid" lo oonBtsTlnoo 9d& yd bsimol ax &i 



entire middle and upper sec-bions^^C)?-''6He' -watershed are T^ithin--a^^-'^ svodB 



heavily ''fores tedV mbuntainous "'aPeaV a^^onj.b. ,.^/cj.i b ^i.i.ij. ..-vj ^■ihLIbv sbxw 



: ... -e'r. ,,: ,7;"-ci:- ;.>■ /-J'.ivt s^s'tavs ns bsrf rrisaivta srfT oS-J-Es'sol 



jnsiMfjrje gt?eam'%a^ '40"&0-'feet 'vriae^^'arid-'was-dischargD^ e »£ ,3'^'S"^^^ 



at the- tL'ne''-'bf'tne''s&i^?§yr ''Recorded disch^ range' from 'a minimum ^-^ 



of lO'e.f/iSc^ oii Decemb^i* '14' 19363 to a maxiriur.! of 5^000 C;.f .19.^ ■■bn'-'-^ 

 December 33: , -1^42' '^- f U«S iGviSl -Records ) « Pf^sra June-''thr6u.gH" Deoeraber thfe ^^^ 

 flovr is usuallj> less^thanTOO-'-e.f »3. The water temperature 'was 60*^ fi^ 

 The gradient "is fairly steep/' and there are mme ro us cascades /■low"' '■' ,^ 

 falls,, and log jar.iSj some of which are barriers at low water stages'2^-'--^ 

 There is also an old, log dam 4, feet high located 3^- miles above the 

 mouth "that is a baTrier at low -fffatei*. ^ -•"''■'^ - '■-^ i i;,^-...-. , ' :;.ub i.,>..> ^..ru 



;'ii9iJ3 odt "to &Bot.i atsbLiBi jnaxfcsig qesJa silJ- dcixv/ lend-egod- (.slddurc 



It' is '"festiiri^ted^fiat thefe^'is sait^ble'^ipawning 5rea -"f or ■*at"^4'a; 



1;,500' salmon in the'-secticri'survej'ed. ■However, thefe is rio'run'cJf''-'' 



salmort- into -tJie°§ti*fefr-'at" present.'- Sraali' runs of -silVers Snci chiriook^' 



were reported to'-'hive'^uSecl the stream raahy j'-ears agOo "Eittle F^li •'"'■^'^' 



Creek retains considerable value for resident trout. 

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23-'--"25Esi{g)b. '^ -Big'Fall '6riek ',^'(ySa.T'-18-2l\ June'J-^i' i9J§r'^Tferiavaiii|^ 

 Kol^oen Parkhurst and Langton.) Joins' Little Fall Creek" to form' ''""' 

 main p^ll Creek 3 miles above the mouth of the latter. The stream -fs''^ 

 approximately 27 miles long, of which the lower 21^- miles were surveyed 



up-to'ah S-'fOot higii faliSr4*a4-4s-aiiba3?r-ies! ^-£ish- at low iflirater. 



ex. .Tissicf'a edi' .noX'oni eH: ovods E^lin Li v.i.8crfijTj;:coiqqB xas'iJ ll£,''i glfi 



**-';^- Throughout the upper 20 miles "of its course Big Fall Creek runs ' ~ 

 through the heavily -Wooded Cascade National Forest. The stream ranged?'-^ 

 from a vadth of 150 feet and a discharge -of 163 c.f.s., at the mouth "■'■ 

 on June 3 to a width of 36 feet and a flow of 4.1 c«f«s., at the upper 

 terminus of the survey. Records of the-U. S-. Geoiogical Survey for a 

 station 2^ miles .above the' mouth show a minimum flow of 19 c.fiS., on-''^ 

 December 1, 1936. ;and a maximum flow of 16,000 c.f.s,, on December '^'l^'^' 

 1942. From July through October the discharge ig usually less thah!" J^^ 

 100 c.f.s. The water temperature was 57° -.64° F., at the time of th^^^ 

 survey. The gradient is generallj>-"fa'irly S't^e'p, ' and t'|;ere are three ° 

 falls 4 to 8 feet high, that are ' irapa^si'ble' at loVir water. The lowermdfft 

 fall^ 8 feet ih' height', .is located belovj- the mouth of Aridy Creek, or ' '^ 

 19t miles abo^e ' the ' m6utK;'""' TKei^e "Are numel-pu^ large , deep ,.'^ well' . pfd- ^ j- 

 tected resting pools, and although the stream, laed" contains larg'ie l)'§d^''' 

 rock, outcrqppings, there are, , also extensive,, iX)tential salmon spawn- 

 ing ■'areaL6.'';~__iCt '^is e's'timated^' thdf "Big'.Wil *Ci5eeR;is' capable ^of' ''support- 

 ing a^opuiat ion 'of Several' thousand "spawhi'rig salmon. There"'Were 'ho'''"f ^ 

 reports or any indications of salmdn in Big Fall Creek at present, al- 

 though it was Reported that many ^ars ago, the stream supported runs 



of Chinook ancj sIlveV-'saift(5n«J! " " .'l''^-' ^^^i^— —---.-:— - .„ _•' '•-•;• 

 .c;;--; ■.• . jl orfd-jjom sriJ evods ^elxm IS xlaiEsaxxo'v^iqB 



t •■25EB-(2)b-i, ■ Winberry Croek .—fey 18-^19, i95^'j' Hanavan and" ^ f^ 

 Lartg^dno) IJntors' Big Fall Creek 4 miles above' the mouth. The hajf^'^^'f^ 

 stream is 'approximately 8 miles long, and vjas completely surveyed.''''"'"'-^ 



