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Reach C Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard at Anchorage

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Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard, Reach C

Reach C, Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard at Anchorage, looking upstream from downstream end of reach.

Habitat Photo Image Map

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Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard, Reach C habitat image map
Transect 1 habitat photos Transect 2 habitat photos Transect 3 habitat photos Transect 4 habitat photos Transect 5 habitat photos Transect 6 habitat photos Transect 7 habitat photos Transect 8 habitat photos Transect 9 habitat photos Transect 10 habitat photos Transect 11 habitat photos

Note: The habitat photos for this reach were taken as shown below. Red dots indicate the relative locations occupied when photos were taken for each transect. The procedure used here is different from most of the other stream reaches on this website where the photos were taken from a single spot at the midpoint of the transect. (See photo captions for more details)

Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard photo procedure map

Sample of bed sediment

Example of the bed material at the site. Graphical analysis of bed sediment percent fines is also available.

Sediment Photo Image Map

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Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard, Reach C sediment image map

Transect 11 sediment photos Transect 10 sediment photos Transect 9 sediment photos Transect 8 sediment photos Transect 7 sediment photos Transect 6 sediment photos Transect 5 sediment photos Transect 4 sediment photos Transect 3 sediment photos Transect 2 sediment photos Transect 1 sediment photos