M 0.0 PEACE RIVER (Connecting Stream) 



LOCATION: 59°43'00" N. 158° 50' 12" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: 4th River 



U.S.G.S. MAP: Dillingham, Alaska, 1:250,000, 1951 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 1.8 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 1.8 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 250' RANGE: 220'-300' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 36" RANGE: 6" -120" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 54.55 acres 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 50^; 27.28 acres 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 60^ gravel, 30^ sand, 10^ boulders 



WATERSHED: 310 square miles. Flows from Lake Mikchalk in a wide flat valley 

 of tundra and spruce. No obstructions. 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: Average = 1.7 fps. 



Range = 1.2-2.2* fps. 



FLOW: 1189.9 c.f,s.(Sept. 3, I960). High RANGE: 

 water level. Flow station one-half 

 mile up from mouth. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 12.8" C. (Sept. 3, i96o) 



WATER TEMPERATITRE: 12.8° C (Sept. 3, 1960) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: No distinct pools but many deeper areas. 



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