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 I 32.2 LOWER TAIARIK CREEK - LEFT FORK ( Iliamna Lake) 



LOCATION: 52°32'36" N. 155°32'06" W. 



PREVIOUS NAlviES OR NIMEERS: G^ 



U.S.G.S. MAP: Iliamna;, 1:250,000 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIOM 



TOTAL LENGTH: U.6 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SAIMON: k.6 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 52' RANGE: 30' -90' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 12" RANGE: 8 "-30" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBUE SPAWNING AREA: ll^0,360 square yards (29.0 acres) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: QOfo, 112,288 square yards (23-2 acres) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 22^ <l/8", ik^, l/8"-3", kio 3"-12". Excellent spawning 

 gravel in upper half of stream, lover half mainly silt . Bottom fairly 

 stahle . 



WATERSHED: Shallow stream-cut valley through open rolling hills, dense willow 

 brxosh along stream. Lower 2 miles of stream meanders throijgh marshy area. 

 Soiirce: several small lakes and surface runoff. 



GRADIEOT: 33 '/mile 



WATER VELOCITY: 1.5 fps 



FLOW: 62 cfs (Aug. 21, I961). Measin-ed RANGE: 

 2 miles from forks, normal summer 

 flow. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 20.0° C. (Aug. 1?, I962) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 17.0° C. (Aug. 17, I962) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



