111-20 MOSER CREEK K 89 
N55°31.8 W131° 38.3 Previous No. 85L&EM 
KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, MOSER BAY, head 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES Chum, coho 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. -Oct. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 5,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Fair. Upstream spawning facilities are very limited and most spawning occurs in the 
intertidal zone and the first 150 yards of stream. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. Observed temperatures: 50°F., 9/23/50. 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Stream cut. 
DRAINAGE 6-7 square miles (estimated). Precipitation fed. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Long intertidal zone with mud delta. Log booming piling along the E. 
side. Intertidal tributary enters from W. near high tide. 
ANCHORAGE At drop-off by outer piling. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Easily walked during normal water levels. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .7 miles. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 20-40'/12-18" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Less than .5° at 1-2' per second 
BOTTOM Silt in lower delta, sand, gravel, broken rocks and boulders. 
LOW TIDE LOCATION By small point on W. shore, N. end. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION At entry into woods above confluence with intertidal tributary from W. 
SCHOOLING AREAS Pool at intertidal confluence with W. tributary and scattered pools in upper intertidal zone. 
SPAWNING AREAS Riffles below the confluence and above to lower sections of boulder riffles near high tide mark. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE  .2 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  30'/15" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Greater than 3° at 2-3' per second 
BOTTOM Broken rock, boulders at intervals, some bedrock. 
MARKER DISTANCE  .2 miles. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION Falls on main stream and W. tributary stream (50 yards above high tide). 
BARRIERS Falls on mainstream over 15' high (reported passable to steelhead) and 12! barrier falls on tributary. 
TRIBUTARIES Intertidal tributary stream (Previous No. 85M) has only a short section of poor upstream facilities. 
Listed as tributary to Moser Creek. 
SCHOOLING AREAS No major pool schooling reported. Salmon observed below falls. 
SPAWNING AREAS Primarily in the lower, less coarse broken rock riffles of the first 150 yards of stream. A high 
log half way to the falls marks the upper boundary of this section. 
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 
1938 ; 
Sep 21 G .5 FWS 2,500 fish 
1940 one 
Sep 17 G .4 FWS 8,000 500 Excellent 
1942 
Sep 11 G .5 FWS 2, 500 2,500 Fair 
1943 
Sep 14 G .5 FWS 1,000 500 Few chum Poor. 5,000 off mouth 
1947 
Aug 18 FRI No fish seen 
1950 a 
Sep 23 Gwe2, ERT 1,892 10 192 
1953 
July 21 G .0 FWS First appearance of pink 
Aug 31 G .0 FWS Few chum, pink 
