101-32 CARP CREEK K 30 
N55°17.6 W130°53.8 Previous No. 25 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, SMEATON BAY, S.E. comer of Carp Island anchorage 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES Chum 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE <2,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Very limited. Rated by most observers as poor. Gravel areas are in short sections 
between boulders and bedrock. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warmrange. 54.5°F., 9/2/47; 46°F., 0830, 9/17/47. 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Stream cut through muskeg flats lying N. of mountains reaching less than 2,000'. A 
granite shelf just above high tide forms a falls. Granite throughout the area. 
DRAINAGE Estimated 5-6 square miles. Precipitation fed. No snow fields. Muskeg flats along E. side of valley. 
Mountain ridge along W. side. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION .4 miles S.E. of Carp Island. An extensive delta lies off the mouth. 
The intertidal stream bed lies in a stream cut trench through the upper intertidal zone along the E. side. 
ANCHORAGE Behind Carp Island or just E. of the stream delta in sand bottom. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Access to the falls by walking up stream banks. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .2miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH = 20'/12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 1° at 2-3" per second 
BOTTOM Rock, boulders and some gravel. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION Attree line at first bend to the E. 
SCHOOLING AREAS _ One pool below high tide. 
SPAWNING AREAS None noted. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE .2 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  15!'/12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 1° at 1=2' per second 
BOTTOM Bedrock, boulders and limited gravel. 
MARKER DISTANCE .2 miles. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION Falls. 
BARRIERS Falls 16' high in a series of steps 1-3' high with the final step being vertical at 4'. Salmon have not 
been observed above. 
TRIBUTARIES None below falls. 
SCHOOLING AREAS Relatively large pool at base of falls. 
SPAWNING AREAS Limited to small gravel areas below falls. 
GENERAL NOTES This stream is not an important producer. The stream above the falls is judged to have good 
spawning facilities which could be made available by proper ladder facilities at the falls. 
ESCAPEMENT RECORD 
[Counts made by ground surveys are designated by G. Aerial surveys by A] 
SURVEYED PINK CHUM OTHER SPECIES REMARKS 
Date Miles By Live Dead Live Dead Live Adjective Rating 
1940 
Sep 13 G .3 FWS 1,000 Fair. 2,000 off mouth 
1943 
Sep 18 G .5 FWS 3, 000 Fair. 5,000 off mouth 
1947 
Sep 17 Ges) ERI 60 1 
1948 
Aug 10 G .1 ASI 200 
1949 
Aug 26 Cw HERI No fish, low water 
1951 
Sep 14 Cet ERT 60 0) Co} (0) Some off mouth 
1957 
July 24 FWws 1,000 1, 000 Fair 
