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 C 0.0:l8.7L LITTLE BEAR CREEK AND POND (Newhalen River) 



LOCATION: 59*^9'30" N. 15^ "53 '36" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: Hla 



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



FriYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 6.0 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 0-7 mile 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 7' RANGE: 5 '-10' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 6" RANGE: 4"-12" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 2,90^+ sqmre yards (0.6 acre) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 60^, 1,936 sqmre yards (O.U acre) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 12^ <l/8", 77/^ l/8"-3", 11^ 3 "-12". Good gravel in pond 

 and in creek just below pond. Bottom stable. 



WATERSHED: k square miles. A shallow stream-cut valley through open rolling 

 hills sparsely forested with spruce and birch. Soxirce: springs and surface 

 rionoff . 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: 0.2 fps 



FLOW: 5 cfs (Sept. l8, I961). Measured RANGE: 

 at mouth, water level receding. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 11.0° C. (Sept. I8, I961) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 8.0° C. (Sept. I8, I961) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



