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USFS Logo Research Data Archive

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Maybeso Creek.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Maybeso Creek.
Date: 10/1950

Looking upstream from foot log to top of gorge. Gage = 4', discharge = 782 sec.-ft. Minimum discharge = 10 sec. ft. Maximum discharge = 3460 sec. ft.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Looking upstream from foot log to top of gorge. Gage = 4', discharge = 782 sec.-ft. Minimum discharge = 10 sec. ft. Maximum discharge = 3460 sec. ft.
Date: 9/22/1950

C.P. on discharge foot log. Gage = 2.10 ft. Note fast flow & large boulders. Fish do not attempt to spawn in this section. Discharge = 229 sec. ft. Minimum discharge = 13 sec. ft. Maximum measured discharge = 3460 sec. ft.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: C.P. on discharge foot log. Gage = 2.10 ft. Note fast flow & large boulders. Fish do not attempt to spawn in this section. Discharge = 229 sec. ft. Minimum discharge = 13 sec. ft. Maximum measured discharge = 3460 sec. ft.
Date: 9/19/1950

Above R.P. 6 where stream enters Maybeso from south. Note flat valley type, mature, merchantable spruce. Noted scoured gravel & piled up debris from natural floods.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Above R.P. 6 where stream enters Maybeso from south. Note flat valley type, mature, merchantable spruce. Noted scoured gravel & piled up debris from natural floods.
Date: 9/1950

Gage 1.02' just above RP5. Fresh windfall over older stuff. All natural. Typical of timbered flat where natural bank cutting creates these conditions. Note scoured bar & sand deposit from high water eddy.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Gage 1.02' just above RP5. Fresh windfall over older stuff. All natural. Typical of timbered flat where natural bank cutting creates these conditions. Note scoured bar & sand deposit from high water eddy.
Date: 9/1950

Fresh run female dog (chum) salmon. 12" scale at side. Note "pan" marks on dog salmon. Few dog salmon got over Maybeso Creek Falls in 1950.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: animal ecology
game and fish management
hunting, shooting and fishing
fish management: fishing
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Fresh run female dog (chum) salmon. 12" scale at side. Note "pan" marks on dog salmon. Few dog salmon got over Maybeso Creek Falls in 1950.
Date: 9/1950

300 ft. below gage house. Zach in a hole. [Card says year is 1958, but is likely 1950. See negative# 759.]
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: 300 ft. below gage house. Zach in a hole. [Card says year is 1958, but is likely 1950. See negative# 759.]
Date: 2/10/1950

300 ft. below gage house. Zach in a hole.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: 300 ft. below gage house. Zach in a hole.
Date: 2/10/1950

Ivan Jones on way down, about 300' above top of gorge. No open water. Snow deep & soft. Note how far snow-shoes sink. Log jam to left formed during 1949 fall high water.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Ivan Jones on way down, about 300' above top of gorge. No open water. Snow deep & soft. Note how far snow-shoes sink. Log jam to left formed during 1949 fall high water.
Date: 2/10/1950

Looking downstream from top of gorge. Note depth of snow on foot log. No open water in gorge.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Looking downstream from top of gorge. Note depth of snow on foot log. No open water in gorge.
Date: 2/10/1950

Looking upstream in Maybeso gorge toward foot log. No open water in gorge.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Looking upstream in Maybeso gorge toward foot log. No open water in gorge.
Date: 2/10/1950

Head of tidal zone at lower falls. Gorge covered with snow. Tide 1/2 in.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Head of tidal zone at lower falls. Gorge covered with snow. Tide 1/2 in.
Date: 2/10/1950

Lower falls at head of tidal zone. Only open water above tidal zone where flow could be measured. Discharge 10 sec.-ft. Probably minimum for year. No rain since before Christmas.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Lower falls at head of tidal zone. Only open water above tidal zone where flow could be measured. Discharge 10 sec.-ft. Probably minimum for year. No rain since before Christmas.
Date: 2/10/1950

Looking upstream at location of log jam swept out in Oct. 13, 1949 flood. Logs at right remain from jam. Open holes with 4' or so of snow covering creek.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Looking upstream at location of log jam swept out in Oct. 13, 1949 flood. Logs at right remain from jam. Open holes with 4' or so of snow covering creek.
Date: 2/10/1950

Maybeso Creek gage house with 4' of snow.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion: miscellaneous
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Maybeso Creek gage house with 4' of snow.
Date: 2/10/1950

River well frozen over except for few holes. Snow 4' deep & still soft. No rain since before Christmas.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion: miscellaneous
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: River well frozen over except for few holes. Snow 4' deep & still soft. No rain since before Christmas.
Date: 2/10/1950

Maybeso Creek, gage house.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Maybeso Creek, gage house.
Date: 1950

Maybeso Creek, above bridge???
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Maybeso Creek, above bridge???
Date: 1950

Maybeso Creek intertidal zone.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Maybeso Creek intertidal zone.
Date: 1950

Maybeso Creek - beginnings of a jam?
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies on stream-flow and bank erosion:
Location: Alaska; Prince of Wales Island; Maybeso Valley
Description: Maybeso Creek - beginnings of a jam?
Date: 1950