101-22 CLEARWATER CREEK K 44-5 
N55°49.5 W130°55.6 Previous No. 40A 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, CHICKAMIN RIVER SYSTEM, N. bank near high tide 
MAJOR SPECIES Coho OTHER SPECIES Pink, chum 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Good spawning facilities are available above the series of rapids and cascades 
beginning at the high tide mark, though probably limited to coho that can pass the barriers. The facilities 
below and available to pink and chum are good but extremely limited. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Normal range (Estimated). 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Glacial origin. Steep rock walls and "U" shaped valley with timbered valley floor. 
DRAINAGE 6-8 square miles (Estimated). Precipitation fed after snowfields which persist until August are nearly 
gone. Rapid run-off during rains. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Crosses large grassflats first encountered on N. bank of Chickamin 
River. Cascades . 3 mile from confluence. 
ANCHORAGE See Chickamin River K 44. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Skiff can be taken to base of cascades. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air above cascades. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
Clearwater Creek is a tributary to the Chickamin River K 44, therefore, it has no intertidal zone. 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE .3 mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  15'/12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES .5° at 1-2' per second 
BOTTOM Silt, sand, gravel, small boulders, bedrock. 
MARKER DISTANCE .3 mile. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION Cascades and rapids at head of grassflats. 
BARRIERS _ Cascades and rapids at head of grassflats is barrier to pink and chum migration. Coho have been 
reported above barrier. 
TRIBUTARIES None. 
SCHOOLING AREAS At confluence with Chickamin River and pools in lower section. 
SPAWNING AREAS _.1 mile below barrier cascades has good facilities, though very limited. 
GENERAL NOTES 
