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I 39-2 MIDDLE TAIARIK CREEK ( Iliamna Lake) 



LOCATION: 59°37'36" N. 155°32'06" W. 



PREVIOUS miJES OR NUMBERS: G3 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 1+.? miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: k.J miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: l4 ' RANGE: 10 '-17' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 12" RANGE: 10"-20" 



TOa'AL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 38,720 square yards (8.0 acres) 



POI'EOTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 55^^, 21,296 square yards {k.h acres) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 20fa <l/8", 1+0^ l/8"-3", 37^ 3"- 12", 3% >12". Good spawning 

 gravel in middle 3 miles. Fair gravel near mouth and below outlet of 

 source lake. Bottom stable. 



WATERSHED: 9 square miles. Shallow stream-cut valley in area of open hills 

 and timdra lakes. Steep bluffs along shore line on both sides of creek 

 mouth. Source: springs, surface runoff, and a few small lakes. 



GRADIENT: 38 '/mile 



WATER VELOCITY: I.5 fps 



FLOW: 20 cfs (Aug. 1, I962). Measured RANGE: 



at mouth, normal summer flow. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 19-0° C. (Aug. 1, I962) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: l8.0° C. (Aug. 1, I962) 



P00I£ AND RIFFLES: 



