102 CLEAR CREEK K 48- 
N56°07.3 W130°58 No Previous No. 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, BURROUGHS BAY, UNUK RIVER SYSTEM, N. side 3.5 miles above Forest Service 
Cabin 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES Chum 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Early. July-Aug ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE <S5,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Good. Limited to stream section in valley floor by barrier falls. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Coldrange. Observed temperatures: 48°F., July 23, 1949; 48.5-50°F., 1952. 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Glacial origin. Stream flows . 3 mile along main valley before turning N. toward 
the steep valley wall. Upper valley has lake (Lake Minnie) in basin formed by old cirque. Bare rock ridges 
surround the upper valley. 
DRAINAGE _ >20 square miles (Estimated). Snowfield fed through lake system. Lake Minnie is about 3 miles 
long. Several smaller lakes in the system. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION First major stream on N. side of valley reached by the Chickamin 
slough above Eulachon Creek. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Trail originating at Forest Service Cabin at mouth of Eulachon Creek 
up Unuk Valley crosses Clear Creek. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES No surveys by air on record. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
Clear Creek is a tributary to Unuk River K 48, therefore, it has no intertidal zone. 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE >.3 mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  60!/24" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES .5° at 2-3' per second 
BOTTOM _ Gravel, small boulders, rocks. 
MARKER DISTANCE .3 mile. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION _ 50! falls 200' above confluence with side slough. 
BARRIERS 50! falls barrier to salmon. 
TRIBUTARIES Overflow from Unuk Slough above Clear Creek joins creek and continues . 3 mile downstream 
to main slough. 
SCHOOLING AREAS | Slough and two pools near falls. 
SPAWNING AREAS BRiffles in section below falls and in side slough which parallels main slough. 
GENERAL NOTES 
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 
1949 
July 23 Gia2y ERI 20 80 
1952 
Aug 21 FRI 600 5 king Some chum 
