101-31 ALAVA CREEK K 67 
N55°14.2 W131°07.5 Previous No. 67 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, ALAVA BAY, N.E. corner 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. -Oct. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 2,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Excellent. Limited intertidal facilities, but upstream has extensive gravel riffle areas 
suitable for salmon. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range (estimated). 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Stream runs down slope of the mountains on the S$. end of Revilla Island. The lower 
stream area is low gradient and relatively flat. Extensive muskeg areas. 
DRAINAGE 3 square miles (Polar Planimeter). Precipitation fed. Muskeg colored water. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Beaches on either side of mouth. A small intertidal falls at the outlet 
from flats above flows through a narrow channel into the bay. 
ANCHORAGE Between outer points of the bight of the stream mouth. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Easily walked at normal water levels. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .1 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 10!/24" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 3° at 3' per second 
BOTTOM Bedrock and boulders. 
LOW TIDE LOCATION AttheS.E. point of the mouth. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION Head of the small falls. 
SCHOOLING AREAS At the mouth of the stream. 
SPAWNING AREAS No good facilities. 
GENERAL NOTES Falls at high tide mark passable by skiff on high tide. 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE >1 mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  30-60'/6" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES .5-1° at 1-2' per second 
BOTTOM Sand in lower stream, gravel throughout spawning areas. 
MARKER DISTANCE 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION 
BARRIERS 
TRIBUTARIES Small tributary enters from E. .3 miles upstream. 
SCHOOLING AREAS Pools in the broad flats above high tide mark. 
SPAWNING AREAS Excellent gravel areas in upper flats above high tide mark. Stream above flats has continuous 
spawning areas for over 1 mile. 
GENERAL NOTES Small falls may be a barrier during low water. They are present less than 1 mile upstream. 
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 14 Geo) EWS 1, 000 Excellent. 9,000 fish off mouth 
1946 
Oct 12 Gi1.5 FWS Excellent. 
1947 
Sep 16 G -3 FRI 4 
1948 
Sep 12 Gi1.0 FWS 1,000 Poor 
Sep 28 Gi1.0 FWS 2,000 Poor 
1954 
Aug 27 G .0 FWS 100 10 Sev. 100 at confluence 
