A 28.3 SUIJSHU'IE CREEK (lake Aleknagik) 



LOCATIOK: 59°27'36" K- 159°03'12" W. 



PREVIOUS I'lAl-IES OR TRJI-IBERS: 



U.S.G.S. MP: Goodnevs, Alaska, 1:250,000, 1951 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 15 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SAI2«I0N: 15 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 90' RANGE: 60'-120' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 2" xRANGE: 1.8 '-12' (Midstream) 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 163.6 acres 



POTENTIAL SPArNING AREA: 83^; 135-8 acres 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 60fj gravel, k&io sand 



WATERSHED: U5.O sqviare miles. Drains long low mountain valley. Some 

 sunken logs in creek. 



GRADIECT: 



V;ATER VELOCITY: Average = 2.8 fp s . 



Range = 2.0-U.6 fps. 



FLOW: 390 c.fs.(Aug. 28, I961). Normal RANGE: 

 fall level. Flow station one-half 

 mile upstream. 



AIR TEI-IPERATURE: Not observed. 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 8.0° C. (Aug. 28, I961) 



POOIS AND RIFFLES: Many very deep pools near cut banks. 



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