101-12 MAHONEY CREEK K 93 
NS Sie on 2.Walsel 30.5 Previous No. 87 
KETCHIKAN, GEORGE INLET, W. shore, 5 miles S. of Leask Cove 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum OTHER SPECIES Red, coho 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. -Oct. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Generally poor. Good in limited sections. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warmrange. Observed temperature: 53.5°F., 9/18/50. 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Lake basin lying at base of high ridge. Steep above lake. 
DRAINAGE 5 square miles (Polar Planimeter). Precipitation fed. Early snow fields on ridge persist until July. 
Drainage includes 3 small lakes above Mahoney Lake between 1, 700-2, 000' elevation. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Small cove with forest service float lies .3 mile S. off mouth. A 
Forest Service trail marker is in the cove. 
ANCHORAGE Incove .3 mile S. of mouth. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Forest Service trail to lake. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .2mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  70'/10" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 1-2° at 2-3' per second 
BOTTOM Large boulders and coarse, broken rock. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION Head of grassflat. 
SCHOOLING AREAS _ No major schooling areas noted. 
SPAWNING AREAS Limited to small gravel areas. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE .2mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 40-60'/12-24" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 
BOTTOM Bedrock, very limited gravel. 
MARKER DISTANCE .2mile. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION Lake. 
BARRIERS None to lake. 
TRIBUTARIES Tributary on S. shore of lake accessible. Main stream from upper lakes accessible for only a 
short distance. 
SCHOOLING AREAS Lake. 
SPAWNING AREAS Limited below Mahoney Lake. Lake tributary spawning. 
GENERAL NOTES 
