113-23 K 136 



55°6l.3' N. 132*10' W. KEGAN CREEK Previous No. 126 



KETCHIKAN, CLARENCE STRAIT, MOIR A SOUND, KEGAN COVE, Head 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES Chum, coho, red 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sept. -Oct. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Good. Limited by sections of bedrock. No intertidal spawr'ng. 

 SPAWNING TEMPERATURES Warm range. 60* F. , 9/22/51, 56* F. , 9/27/Sl; 56' .F. , 9/9/52; 56*. F. , 



9/8/53, 5V F. , 19/4/53. 

 VALLEY DESCRIPTION A short, steep-sided valley. Heavily wooded. Connects the lake with Kegan Cove. 

 DRAINAGE 10 square miles (polar planimeter). Drains three interconnected lakes. The first lake is the 



largest and is 3. 5 miles long and about 0. 5 mile wide. These lakes are precipitation fe.d. 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION The mouth is found at the head of Kegan Cove. The stream runs 



over a bedrock rapid just before entering salt water. 

 ANCHORAGE Moor at the float or anchor in the cove off the creek mouth. 



TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES A good forest service trail follows the left bank up to the lake. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Fly up the east side of the valley. Difficult to survey because of dark water. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 

 BOTTOM 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 

 HIGH TIDE LOCATION 

 SCHOOLING AREAS 

 SPAWNING AREAS 



GENERAL NOTES The intertidal zone is almost nonexistent, has a bedrock bottom and therefore offers no 

 spawning area. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 0. 8 mile to lake AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 30'-35V15"-30" 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate to swift 



BOTTOM Sand and bedrock. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS None. 



TRIBUTARIES The chain of lakes which Kegan Creek empties has numerous tributaries, but spawning 



has only been reported to take place in the inlet to the lower lake. 

 SCHOOLING AREAS Several pools are utilized by schooling salmon, but the main schooling area is 



in the pool just below the upper bridge. 

 SPAWNING AREAS The heaviest spawning occurs in the wide flat area just below the rapids which run 



out of the lake. Spawning between the' flat and salt water is limited to gravel areas interspersed among 



bedrock outcrops. 



