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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed Chapter 6 LITTLE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED, CONTINUED Middle Little Colorado River Sub-Watershed Chapter 6 Little Colorado River Watershed, continued ........................................................... 6-272 Middle Little Colorado River ............................................................................................... 6-278 Black Canyon Lake Complex .......................................................................................... 6-278 Black Canyon Lake ...................................................................................................... 6-278 Black Canyon Lake Analysis ....................................................................................... 6-291 Chevelon Creek Complex ................................................................................................ 6-293 Long Tom Tank ........................................................................................................... 6-294 Willow Springs Lake ................................................................................................... 6-301 Woods Canyon Lake .................................................................................................... 6-309 Chevelon Canyon Lake ................................................................................................ 6-316 Chevelon Creek Complex Analysis ................................................................................. 6-344 Clear Creek Complex ....................................................................................................... 6-351 C.C. Cragin Reservoir .................................................................................................. 6-353 Knoll Lake ................................................................................................................... 6-370 Bear Canyon Lake........................................................................................................ 6-376 Clear Creek Complex Analysis ........................................................................................ 6-385 Clear Creek Reservoir .................................................................................................. 6-391 Biological Assessment of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s January 2011 Statewide and Urban Fisheries Stocking Program 6-272 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed List of Figures Figure 1. Chevelon Canyon sub-watershed location within the Little Colorado River watershed. .................................................................................................................... 6-278 Figure 2. Chevelon Creek drainage which contains the Black Canyon Complex (Black Canyon Lake) and flows north into the Little Colorado River. ................................... 6-280 Figure 3. USGS Stream flow gauge flow for the period of record at Chevelon Canyon near Winslow. .............................................................................................................. 6-284 Figure 4. USGS Stream flow gauge data from Chevelon Canyon below Wildcat Canyon for the period of record. ............................................................................................... 6-284 Figure 5. Map of Black Canyon Lake buffered stocking site. ................................................. 6-288 Figure 6. Chevelon Creek Complex located within the Chevelon Creek sub-watershed. ....... 6-294 Figure 7. Map of Long Tom Tank. .......................................................................................... 6-295 Figure 8. Long Tom Tank. ....................................................................................................... 6-296 Figure 9. Map of Chevelon Creek buffered stocking complex. ............................................... 6-300 Figure 10. Map of Willow Springs Lake. ................................................................................ 6-302 Figure 11. Willow Springs Lake. ............................................................................................. 6-303 Figure 12. Spillway at Willow Springs Lake. .......................................................................... 6-305 Figure 13. Downstream of the spillway at Willow Springs Lake. ........................................... 6-306 Figure 14. Map of Woods Canyon Lake. ................................................................................. 6-310 Figure 15. Woods Canyon Lake. ............................................................................................. 6-311 Figure 16. Woods Canyon Lake spillway. ............................................................................... 6-313 Figure 17. Map of Chevelon Canyon Lake. ............................................................................. 6-318 Figure 18. Chevelon Canyon Lake. ......................................................................................... 6-320 Figure 19. Chevelon Canyon Lake spillway. ........................................................................... 6-323 Figure 20. Chevelon Canyon Lake spillway. ........................................................................... 6-323 Figure 21. Dry stream channel in Chevelon Creek. ................................................................. 6-324 Figure 22. Spinedace occupied habitat at The Steps in lower Chevelon Creek. ..................... 6-326 Figure 23. Deep pool habitat in lower Chevelon Creek downstream of The Steps. ................ 6-327 Figure 24. Shallow pool habitat in lower Chevelon Creek just upstream of diversion dam. .. 6-327 Biological Assessment of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s January 2011 Statewide and Urban Fisheries Stocking Program 6-273 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed Figure 25. Diversion dam on lower Chevelon Creek. ............................................................. 6-328 Figure 26. Chevelon diversion ditch. ....................................................................................... 6-329 Figure 27. Spinedace habitat below diversion dam in 1998. ................................................... 6-329 Figure 28. Same photo point as Figure 27 of habitat below diversion dam in 2008. .............. 6-330 Figure 29. Map of points mentioned in Table 13..................................................................... 6-334 Figure 30. Map of the Clear Creek Complex(shaded in light green) and drainage within the Little Colorado River watershed. ........................................................................... 6-352 Figure 31. Map of the Clear Creek Complex within the Clear Creek drainage that flows into Clear Creek Reservoir before entering the Little Colorado River. ....................... 6-353 Figure 32. Image of C.C. Cragin Reservoir located in the Clear Creek complex (©2009 ESRI, i-cubed, GeoEye). .............................................................................................. 6-354 Figure 33. 2009 Stream Fish Sampling. ................................................................................... 6-364 Figure 34. Map of Clear Creek buffered stocking complex: ................................................... 6-367 Figure 35. Image of Knoll Lake located in the Clear Creek complex (©2009 ESRI, i- cubed, GeoEye). ........................................................................................................... 6-370 Figure 36. Image of Bear Canyon Lake located in the Clear Creek complex (©2009 ESRI, i-cubed, GeoEye). .............................................................................................. 6-378 Figure 37. Map of Clear Creek Reservoir. ............................................................................... 6-392 Figure 38. Clear Creek Reservoir, lower shallow portion ....................................................... 6-393 Figure 39. Clear Creek Reservoir at recreation site ................................................................. 6-393 Figure 40. Clear Creek Reservoir in upper canyon portion ..................................................... 6-394 Figure 41. Clear Creek Reservoir spillway .............................................................................. 6-396 Figure 42. Map of Clear Creek Reservoir buffered stocking complex. ................................... 6-405 List of Tables Table 1. Stocking history in Black Canyon Lake. ................................................................... 6-280 Table 2. Survey history at Black Canyon Lake with experimental gillnets. ............................ 6-286 Table 3. Stocking history at Long Tom Lake. ......................................................................... 6-296 Biological Assessment of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s January 2011 Statewide and Urban Fisheries Stocking Program 6-274 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed Table 4. Summary of surveys of Chevelon Creek upstream of Chevelon Canyon Lake (Lopez et al. 1998a; AGFD unpublished data). All surveys were conducted with a backpack electroshocker. ............................................................................................. 6-298 Table 5. Stocking history at Willow Springs Lake. ................................................................. 6-303 Table 6. Survey history at