111-30 SHELOKUM CREEK K 53 
NS SS oSe7 Willd 317/05 Previous No. 48A 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, BAILEY BAY, W. shore .5 miles from head 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle (estimated) ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE <1,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Limited to intertidal zone by rapids and cascades to impassable falls . 1 miles above 
high tide mark. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Normal range (estimated). 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Glacial. A lake system heading in high rock ridges. 
DRAINAGE 25 square miles (Polar Planimeter). Lake Shelokum has an area of 357 acres at the 344' level. Lakes 
Nellie, Rowena, and Bess are tributary to Shelokum with 17 square miles of drainage. Lake Maud drains into 
Shelokum Creek.1 miles below the lake outlet. Spring Creek, a tributary to Shelokum has nine hot springs. 
2. 8 cubic feet per second average flow over 9 year period of gaging. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION U.S. Forest Service trail markers identify Shelokum Creek. 
ANCHORAGE Head of Bailey Bay. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES U.S. Forest Service trails to Shelokum and Maud Lakes. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .2 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  60'/24-36" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 1° at 2-3' per second 
BOTTOM _ Sand, gravel and boulders. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION At head of grassflats. 
SCHOOLING AREAS Pools in upper intertidal zone. 
SPAWNING AREAS Limited. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE .1 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  50'/24-36" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Greater than 5° at 3-4! per second 
BOTTOM _ Boulders and bedrock, some sand. 
MARKER DISTANCE .1 miles. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION Impassable falls estimated at 70'. 
BARRIERS See marker identification. 
TRIBUTARIES None below falls. 
SCHOOLING AREAS None reported. 
SPAWNING AREAS None reported. 
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 
1942 
Sep 19 G2.0 _ ASI Poor seeding. Few at mouth, few 
pink, chum 
1946 
Oct 3 G ASI No spawning or dead fish 
1947 
Sep 7 G .8 FRI Pink jump at mouth. No dead seen 
1949 
Aug 6 G .5 FWS No fish seen 
1953 
July 6 G .O FWS No fish present 
