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Anadromous Waters Catalog
Nomination Number 25-873


State of Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
Sportfish Division

Region: Southcentral
USGS Quad: ANCHORAGE C-6 NE
Upper Reach Latitude 61.6735
Longitude -149.0362 (NAD83/WGS84)
Lower Reach Latitude 61.6727
Longitude -149.0368 (NAD83/WGS84)
AWC Water body # 247-50-10220-2087
AWC Water body Name Kleinsmith Slough

Observations
Species Date Observed Activity
coho salmon 10/26/2025 Present

Comments: Chickaloon Village Traditional Council Environmental Stewardship staff Benjamin Americus accessed this stream from the Matanuska River Trail. I crossed Moose Creek near the mouth and walked up Kleinsmith Slough. I saw a school fresh-looking adult coho in a deep pool near the mouth at 61.673547, -149.036178.

Name of Observer: Benjamin Americus
Submission Date: 10/10/25
ADFG Biologist:
Nomination Status: Change
Nomination Changes To The AWC
Region
Map(quad)
AWC Stream #
Stream
Name
Action
Taken
Species* Comments

Southcentral
ANCHORAGE C-6
247-50-10220-2087
*Kleinsmith Slough Adding new species to existing stream or lake COp

Southcentral
ANCHORAGE C-6 NE
247-50-10220-2087
*Kleinsmith Slough Adding new species to existing stream or lake COp

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*Species Codes:
AC - Arctic char AW - Arctic cisco AL - Arctic lamprey
BW - Bering cisco BC - broad whitefish K - chinook salmon
CH - chum salmon CO - coho salmon CT - cutthroat trout
DV - Dolly Varden OU - eulachon HW - humpback whitefish
SF - inconnu LP - lamprey, undifferentiated LC - least cisco
OL - longfin smelt PC - Pacific lamprey P - pink salmon
OP - pond smelt OM - rainbow smelt LV - river lamprey
SM - smelt, undifferentiated S - sockeye salmon SH - Steelhead trout
ST - sturgeon, undifferentiated W - whitefish, undifferentiated
*Activity Codes:
s - spawning     r - rearing     p - present     m - migration