 The next Department of Fish and Game survey transpired in 1963, finding numerous steelhead of lengths varying between and ; this survey concluded that the lower of the creek represented an important nursery and rearing habitat for steelhead and possibly for Coho salmon.The next survey in August 1965 concluded that the habitat was an excellent resource, with deep shaded pools and an average of 75 steelhead per of lineal stream.In 1984, steelhead were still found to be present.