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I 156.8: 2. 6l false creek (Iliamna River) 



LOCATION: 59'^i+'12" N. 153°5U'5i;" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: None 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 0.2 mile 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 0.2 mile 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 10' RANGE: 7 '-12' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 8" RANGE: 6"-12" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 968 sqiiare yards (0.2 acre) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 50^, kQh square yards (O.l acre) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 30^ <l/8", ii5^ l/8"-3", 20^ 3"-12", 5/^ >12". Fair spawning 

 gravel, some silt in places. Bottom stable. 



WATERSHED: 2 square miles. A spring-fed creek flowing across Iliamna River 

 valley. Cottonwood, spruce, birch, and willow along creek. Subject to 

 occasional flood. Source: springs and surface runoff. 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: 0.1 fps 



FLOW: 1 cfs (July 22, I962). Measured RANGE: 



at mouth, normal svnraner flow. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 2U.0° C. (July 22, I962) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



