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I 136.8:k.hL CHINKELYES CREEK ( Iliamna River) 



LOCATION: ^'^"kh'kS" N. 15U''52'l8" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: D8c 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: I5.O miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 11.0 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 50 ' RANGE: 35 '"75' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: ik" RANGE: 10 "-36" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: ij-39,956 sqiiare yards (90-9 acres) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 20/o, 86,636 square yards (17.9 acres) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 10^ <l/8", 80^ l/8"-3", 10^ 3"- 12". Excellent spawning 



gravel in lower 2 miles, little if any potential beyond 2 miles. Bottom 

 fairly stable . 



WATERSHED: 3U square miles. A glacial valley with dense spruce, cottonwood, 

 and birch in lower part, upper part open and above timber line. Subject 

 to frequent flood. Portage road from Iliamna Bay to Pile Bay adjacent 

 to stream for many miles. Source: several small lakes and surface runoff. 



GRADIENT: 29 '/mile 



WATER VELOCITY: 2.0 fps 



FLOW: 95 cfs (July 2, I962). Measured RANGE: 

 just above mouth, normal summer flow. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: l4.0 ° C. (July 2, I962') 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 6.0° C. (July 2, I962) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



