U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed Chapter 6 Little Colorado River Watershed This chapter is broken up into three separate documents due to file size. The Upper Little Colorado River Sub-Watershed, The Middle Little Colorado River Sub-Watershed and the Lower Little Colorado River Sub-Watershed. Chapter 6 Little Colorado River Watershed ................................................................................ 6-8 Upper Little Colorado River Sub-Watershed .......................................................................... 6-8 Little Colorado River above Lyman Complex ..................................................................... 6-8 Pratt Lake .......................................................................................................................... 6-9 Hulsey Lake .................................................................................................................... 6-16 Nelson Reservoir ............................................................................................................. 6-27 Becker Lake .................................................................................................................... 6-45 Lyman Lake .................................................................................................................... 6-55 Carnero Lake ................................................................................................................... 6-68 Little Colorado River above Lyman Complex Analysis .................................................... 6-74 West Fork Little Colorado River Complex ........................................................................ 6-78 White Mountain Reservoir .............................................................................................. 6-80 Lee Valley Lake .............................................................................................................. 6-88 West Fork LCR at Sheep’s Crossing ............................................................................ 6-100 Little Colorado River at Greer ...................................................................................... 6-108 Bunch, River, and Tunnel Reservoirs ........................................................................... 6-117 Mexican Hay Lake ........................................................................................................ 6-136 West Fork Little Colorado River Complex Analysis ....................................................... 6-144 Upper Little Colorado River Complex ............................................................................. 6-152 Concho Lake ................................................................................................................. 6-153 Ortega Lake ................................................................................................................... 6-161 Biological Assessment of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s January 2011 Statewide and Urban Fisheries Stocking Program 6-1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed Upper Little Colorado River Complex Analysis .............................................................. 6-167 White Mountain Complex ................................................................................................ 6-167 Sponseller Lake ............................................................................................................. 6-169 Silver Creek .................................................................................................................. 6-174 Little Mormon Lake ...................................................................................................... 6-184 Whipple Lake ................................................................................................................ 6-191 Long Lake (Show Low) ................................................................................................ 6-195 White Mountain Complex Analysis ................................................................................. 6-199 Schoen’s Complex ............................................................................................................ 6-203 Woodland Lake ............................................................................................................. 6-207 Mountain Meadow Recreation Complex ...................................................................... 6-215 Rainbow Lake ............................................................................................................... 6-221 Scott Reservoir .............................................................................................................. 6-229 Show Low Lake ............................................................................................................ 6-236 Show Low Creek........................................................................................................... 6-244 Fools Hollow Lake ........................................................................................................ 6-249 Schoen’s Complex Analysis ............................................................................................. 6-256 List of Figures Figure 1. Overview map of the Little Colorado River headwaters watershed above Lyman Lake.................................................................................................................................. 6-9 Figure 2. Map of LCR above Lyman buffered stocking complex for leopard frog analysis: .... 6-15 Figure 3. The West Fork Little Colorado River complex (green) is located in the headwaters of the Little Colorado River (brown). ......................................................... 6-79 Figure 4. West Fork of the LCR Complex Overview Map. ....................................................... 6-80 Figure 5. Map of West Fork Little Colorado buffered stocking complex: ................................ 6-88 Figure 6. Photo of Lee Valley Lake. .......................................................................................... 6-89 Biological Assessment of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s January 2011 Statewide and Urban Fisheries Stocking Program 6-2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish Department Little Colorado River Watershed Figure 7. Photo of Greer town area where flycatchers were detected (2003). ......................... 6-111 Figure 8. The Upper LCR complex is located near the headwaters of the LCR and consists of two sub-drainages. ................................................................................................... 6-154 Figure 9. Overview of the Upper LCR stocking sites, Little Ortega and Concho lakes. ......... 6-155 Figure 10. Map of Upper Little Colorado River buffered stocking complex: ......................... 6-160 Figure 11. White Mountain Complex sub-drainage (green) is located within the Silver Creek drainage (yellow) of the Little Colorado River watershed. ............................... 6-168 Figure 12. The White Mountain Complex sub-drainage contains 5 stocking locations and is located within or drainage diverted to the Silver Creek drainage. ............................... 6-169 Figure 13. Image of Sponseller Lake located in the White Mountain complex (©2009 ESRI, i-cubed, GeoEye). .............................................................................................. 6-170 Figure 14. Map of White Mountain buffered stocking complex: ............................................ 6-174 Figure 15. Image of the Silver Creek stocking reach located in the White Mountain complex (©2009 ESRI, i-cubed, GeoEye) .................................................................. 6-176 Figure 16. Image of Long Lake, Whipple Lake and Little Mormon Lake located in the White Mountain complex (©2009 ESRI, i-cubed, GeoEye). ...................................... 6-185 Figure 17. Long Lake (near Show Low) photograph. ............................................................. 6-196 Figure 18. Map of Schoen’s Complex (green) located within the Silver Creek drainage (yellow) in the Little Colorado River watershed (brown). .......................................... 6-205 Figure 19. Overview map of Schoen’s Complex within the Silver Creek drainage, depicting Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside and Schoen’s Dam. ...................................... 6-206 Figure 20. Image of Woodland Lake located in the Schoen’s complex (©2009 ESRI, i- cubed, GeoEye). ........................................................................................................... 6-208 Figure 21. Map of Schoen’s buffered stocking complex: ........................................................ 6-215 Figure 22. Image of Mountain Meadow Recreation Complex located in the Schoen’s complex (©2009 ESRI, i-cubed, GeoEye). ................................................................. 6-217 Figure 23. Image of Rainbow Lake located in the Schoen’s complex (©2009 ESRI, i- cubed, GeoEye). ........................................................................................................... 6-222 Figure 24. Image of Scott Reservoir located in the Schoen’s complex (©2009 ESRI, i- cubed, GeoEye). ........................................................................................................... 6-230 Biological Assessment of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s January 2011 Statewide and Urban