A 8.8 BEAR CREEK (Lake Aleknagik) 



LOCATION: 59°l8'12" N. 138%6'l8" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: 



U.S.G.S. MAP: Dillingham, Alaska, 1:250,000, I95I 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 2 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 2 miles 



AVERAGE vnDTH: I6' RANGE: 6 '-25' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 7^ inches RAUGE: 4"-l8" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPACING AREA: 3.88 acres 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 85^', 3.3O acres 



BOrra^ quality: 90^ gravel, 10^ sand 



WATERSHED: 8.2 sqmre miles. Creek storrotaided by forested area. Spring 

 fed north fork flows from springs and Bear Movmtain snowfield. 

 Frequently 1-3 beaver dams on north fork which may block salmon. 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: Average = 2.3 fps. 



Range = 1.0-2.5 £bs. 



FLOW: 6.3 afs. (A\jg. 11, 19k8) . Water RANGE: 6.3-3it--5 cfs 



level low. 



34.5 c.f;s. (Aug. 8, i960). Water 

 level high. Flow station one-fburth mile vp. 



AIR TEI-IPERATURE: l6.1° C. (Aug. 8, I960); I8.I** C. (Aug. 8, I962) 



VIATER TEMPERATURE: 8.6° C. (Aug. 8, I96O); 6.8* C. (Aug. 8, I962) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: Two small pools in lower part of creek. 



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