N 110.1 LYNX CREEK (lake Nerka) 



LOCATION: 59 "29 '42" N. 158°55'12" W. 



PREVIOUS IIAlffiS OR NUMBERS: 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: l.k miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SAmON: l.k miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 25' RANGE: l8'-30' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: l4" RANGE: 6"-36" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: k.2k acres 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 605^; 2-55 acres 



BOTTCM QUALITY: 50^ gravel, 50"^ rubble 



WATERSHED: 10.1 sqtiare miles. Flows fi-om Lynx Lake and skirts west end of 

 low moxuitain ridge. A few passable log jams. 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: Average = 3.2 fps. 

 Range = 2.5-U.6 fos, 



FLOW: 106.3 cfs_(Aug. 7, I960). High RAIWE: 



water level. Flow station at mouth. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 10.6° C. (Aug. 7, I960); ll4-.0° C. (Aug. 25, I962) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 10.6" C. (Aug. 7, I960); 11.7° C. (Aug. 25, I962) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: Many deep areas on left bank. 



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