111-390 SPACIOUS CREEK K 55 
N55°51.4 Wi31°55 (WASTA CREEK) Previous No. 51 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, SPACIOUS BAY, Center head 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES Chun, coho, trout 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep:-Oct. -- ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE _ >10,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES .£xcellent in the upper sections of the S. fork. It contains good gravel facilities 
throughout the sections observed from the air. The extensive muskeg drainage system W. of the small lake at 
the beginning of the W. fork may have good coho salmon facilities, though no information is available. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES - Warm range (estimated). 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Valley is a very low pass between Behm Canal and Ernest Sound. The valley is flat 
muskeg over 4 miles wide. The S- fork originates on the W. slope of the mountain S. of Spacious Bay and is 
stream cut and precipitation fed. 
DRAINAGE  32square miles (Polar Planimeter). Precipitation fed. W. fork has a small lake less than . 1 square 
miles in area and several small ponds in the extensive muskeg flats. The S. fork drains through timber and muskeg 
areas. The outlet below the forks has muskeg colored water. : 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Mouth is ina bight in the intertidal zone which extends past the outer 
margins of the bight. 
ANCHORAGE iIn9Q fathoms off the S. point of the intertidal bight. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES A game trail runs along the S. bank of the stream to the lake outlet stream. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES SS. fork may be surveyed from the air with adequate visibility during normal or 
low water levels. W-. fork is always colored by muskeg water and visibility into the water is too poor for air 
observation of salmon. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .5 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 60-80'/18-30" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES .5S° at 1-2! per second 
BOTTOM Shale, gravel, boulders, sand. 
LOW TIDE LOCATION Off S. point of the intertidal bight. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION At the head of the intertidal constriction, above the beaches along each side of the 
stream. 
SCHOOLING AREAS _ Upper intertidal pools. 
SPAWNING AREAS _ No observations. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE >2 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  50-60'/24-36" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Less than 1° at 2' per second 
BOTTOM Boulders and bedrock in lower stream, gravel above in S. fork. 
MARKER DISTANCE 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION 
BARRIERS None observed. 
TRIBUTARIES None observed on S. fork. W. fork has a number of tributaries draining the muskeg areas. 
SCHOOLING AREAS The lake at the beginning of the W. fork . 4 miles upstream is an excellent schooling area. 
The section around the forks has deep areas suitable for schooling. 
SPAWNING AREAS The S. fork has good spawning gravels and is the primary spawning area in the system. The 
W. fork has not been examined. However, the stream is similar to several excellent coho salmon streams found 
on Duke Island. 
GENERAL NOTES Observations are limited on this stream, but it has been known to have good runs. The system 
is popular as a cutthroat trout stream. 
