G 0.0 GRAFT RIVER (Connecting Stream) 



LOCATION: 39%6'k8" W. 158''33'00" W. 



PREVIOUS NAl-IES OR NUMBERS: 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENCTH: 5.8 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 4-5 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 65' RAIJGE: 1^5 '-80' 



AVERAGE DEPTH: 18" in midstream RANGE: 12"-U8" 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 35 .¥4- acres 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AKEA: 95^; 33-67 acres 



BOTTOM QUALITY: Approximately 100^ gravel. Some "boiaders and rubble. 



WATERSHED: 52.7 square miles. Flovs from Grant lake through sloping forested 

 area with hills to the vest and flat tundra to the east. Impassable falls 

 4.5 miles irpstream fron mouth. 



GRADIEITr: 



WATER VELOCITY: Average = 2.6 fjjs. 

 Range = 2.2-4.0 fps 



FLOW: I7U.2 c;f^.(Aug. 3I, I960) . Normal RANGE: 

 water level. Flow station 3OO feet 

 up from the mouth. 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 16.7* C. (Aug. 3I, I960) 



WATER TEI^tPERATURE: 12.8° C. (Aug. 3I, I960) 



P00I5 AND RIFFLES: Numerous deep areas in the river. 



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