boulders, and is of little value as spawning area for salmon, 



5Ao North Pine Creek . — (July 17, 19U2j Parkhurst.) North Pine 

 Creek enters Pine Greek approximately 7 miles above the mouth. It is 

 about 15 miles long. The stream had an average width of 10 feet and 

 was discharging about 15 c,f,So ^e water temperature at the mouth 

 was 57.5 Fo The gradient is steep, with numerous cascades and small 

 falls flowing over laurge rubble and bedrock, ^t was estimated that 

 less thein 10 percent of the bottom constituted suitable salmon spawn- 

 ing area. The stream was considered passable to salnion in the lower 

 8 miles, up to the mouth of Lake Creek, Above this point it is too 

 small and steep to be of value to salmon. There were no reports of 

 salmon in North Pine Creek, and it is of little potential value for 

 natural salmon production. It was reported that some steelhead ascend 

 during the spring high-water period, 



5A-(1). Lake Fork , — (Not stirveyed,) Lake Fork enters North 

 PLne Creek 8 miles above the mouth. It is about 12 miles long. A, U.S. 

 •^'orest Service Guard reported that the stream is too small and steep 

 to be of value to salmon. 



^B, Fish Creek . — (July 18, 19U2j Parkhurst,) Fish Creek enters 

 Pine Creek approximately 7? miles above the mouth. The stream extends 

 for about II4. miles to its source in a high, mountain lake. Fish Creek 

 had an average width of 6 feet and was discharging about $ c,f,s. The 

 water temperature at the mouth was 58.0 F. The gradient is steep, the 

 stream cascading over a bed composed chiefly of boulders. Only the 

 lower 5 miles are at all passable to salmon, the iipper portion having 

 too steep a gradient. Several small, unscreened irrigation diversions 

 occur near the source of the stream at Fish Lake, There were no re- 

 ports of salmon in Fish Creek, and it is of little possible value to 

 salmon, A few steelhead may utilize a portion of the stream, 



5C, Fourmile Greek , — (July 18, 19U2j Parkhurst.) Fourmile Creek 

 enters Pine Greek approximately 9z miles above the mouth, ^t is a 

 small, short stream, flowing less than 1 c.f,s« and is of no value to 

 salmon. 



5D, Deer Creek , — (July 18, 19U2} Parkhurst.) Deer Creek enters 

 pine Creek approximately 13 miles above the mouth. It is a small, 

 short stream, flowing less than 1 c.f .s,, and is of no value to salmon, 



5E, Applegate Creek , — (July 18, 19U2j Parkhurst,) Applegate 

 Creek enters Pine Creek approximately 13 miles above the mouth. The 

 stream is about 9 miles long, -^t may receive some water from Fish 

 Creek through a short ditch at a point some 6 miles above the mouth, 

 Applegate Creek was discharging less than 2 c.f,s., and was considered 

 to be of little possible value to salmon. 



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