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Sand Creek Pools Composite Station (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SANDP) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Sand Creek Pools Composite Station" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SANDP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010201.

This site is located in Klamath County County, Oregon at 42.8509833000 degrees latitude and -121.9963361000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SANDP" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 1989 - 1989
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SANDP
MonitoringLocationName Sand Creek Pools Composite Station
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station represents a composite of pools found on Sand Creek between the park boundary and 5.5 km upstream of the park boundary to the base of a 360 m long cascade. The stream channel was classified into habitat units of pools, glides, and riffles by the researchers. There were 78 pools located in the reach; however, researchers did not report results from individual pool, glide, or riffle sites. Instead they estimated and reported results per common habitat within stream segments. These data are being reported similarly to STORET with composite stations that represent common habitats within stream segments. The valley floor was 40 m to 80 m wide and confined by steep slopes, which were either forested or covered by exposed pumice soil and isolated spires of pinnacle formations. The stream meandered across the valley floor and created eroding cut banks that supplied large amounts of sediment to the channel. Fallen trees and fallen pinnacle spires created scour pools, dam pools, and cascades.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010201
LatitudeMeasure 42.8509833000
LongitudeMeasure -121.9963361000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET