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PIKE CREEK (lake Nerka) 



LOCATION: 59°25'l8" N. 158 05 '06" W. 



PREVIOUS rlAMES OR NUMBERS: 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 2.8 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 2.8 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 25-5' (Above slough) RAIMGE: 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 10" RANGE: 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAW1\'ING AREA: 8.65 acres 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 83^; 7.I8 acres 



BOTTC»»I QUALITY: 80^ gravel, 20^ sand, and mud 



WATERSHED: Drains mixed forested and tundra area. 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: 



FLOW: 22.3 cfs,(Aug. 16, I962). Medium RANGE: 

 water level. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 



WATER TEI-IPERATURE: 9.3" C. (Aug. I6, I962) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



18 '-32' (Above slough) 

 2"-2U" 



No obstructions observed. 



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