123-23 



55"00. 8' N. 132* 23. 5' W. 



KLAKAS LAKE CREEK 



WEST COAST, CORDOVA BAY, KLAKAS INLET, 5 miles from head of inlet . 



OTHER SPECIES Chum, red, coho. 

 ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Poor. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range (obtained from temperatures taken twice daily in the summer of 1948). 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION Flows through a flat timbered area with occasional areas of muskeg. 



DRAINAGE 10. 4 square miles (polar planimeter). Drains Klakas Lake. 



STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters the head of a small bay which is 4 miles from the head of the 



Inlet. Tlie bay opens toward the W. 

 ANCHORAGE Off stream mouth. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Fairly easy to wade at times of low water. A good trail goes up the right 



bank and crosses over to the left bank above the mouth. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Unsuitable for aerial survey except for intertidal portion below falls. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0. 2 mile. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Large boulders. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION At the foot of the first falls. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Below the first falls. 



SPAWNING AREAS A small area below the first falls is utilized by pinks. 



GENERAL NOTES 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 120V14". 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 0. 7 mile to lake. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 30'-40V12"-20". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate to rapid. 



BOTTOM Bedrock, boulders, and gravel. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS Two falls, one at the high tide mark and the other 200 yards upstream are partial blocks. Reds and coho 



can ascend them, but pinks cannot. 

 TRIBUTARIES None reported. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Numerous pools, some 6 feet deep, offer schooling areas in the first 0. 5 mile. 

 SPAWNING AREAS The lower 0. 5 mile is a series of pools and riffles. The riffles are not good spawning areas, 



being composed of large gravel and boulders. 

 GENERAL NOTES 



Date 



ESCAPEMENT RECORD 

 [Counts made by ground surveys are designated by G. Aerial surveys by A] 



SURVEYED 

 Miles By 



1950 

 Aug 24 



19S3 

 Sep 15 G 3 

 Sep 18 G Q. 1 



1957 

 Sep 4 G 0. 5 

 Sep 15 A 0. 5 



Sep 19 GO. 5 



1959 



Aug 17 A 



Aug 20 A 



Sep 18 A 



FRI 



FRI 

 FWS 



FWS 

 FRI 



FWS 



ADF 

 ADF 

 ADF 



PINK 



Live Dead 



1,000 

 500 



2,000 

 >5,000 



20,000 



9,500 



5,000 



25,000 



CHUM 

 Live Dead 



1,500 

 

 



OTHER SPECIES 

 Live 



300 coho 



100 coho 



REMARKS 

 Adjective rating 



Coho, red seen in lake 



Several chum. Poor visibility 

 2 coho, 8,000 pink below falls 



Some dead pink. <10,000 chum 



off mouth 



Several thousand dead 



7,000 red, 3,000 coho to date None at mouth 

 2, 500 red 



None at mouth 



