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Sun Creek Lower Reach Riffles Composite Station (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SUNLR) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Sun Creek Lower Reach Riffles Composite Station" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SUNLR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010203.

This site is located in Klamath County County, Oregon at 42.8271527000 degrees latitude and -122.0465500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

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Location Metadata	Value
OrganizationIdentifier	11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName	National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier	11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_BUK_SUNLR
MonitoringLocationName	Sun Creek Lower Reach Riffles Composite Station
MonitoringLocationTypeName	River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText	This station represents a composite of riffles found in the lower reach of Sun Creek between the park boundary and 6.6 km upstream of the park boundary. The stream channel was classified into habitat units of pools, glides, and riffles by the researchers. Of the 138 riffles located in the reach, 12 were surveyed; 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. Sun Creek is a second order stream. It increases from a width of about 1.5 m at Sun Meadows to a width ranging from 3 to 6 m near the park boundary. A series of falls blocks upstream migration between the upper reach and Sun Meadows. Sun Creek is incised into a 25,000 year old glacial valley filled with pumice ash deposits. Within the park the Sun Creek basin ranges in elevation from roughly 1400 to 2200 m above sea level. The channel actively erodes the base of adjacent hill slopes, which stand near their angle of repose and supply large amounts of pumice sediment. Sand sized and finer sediments are actively transported even during low flow periods. Virtually all substrate crevices are filled with pumice sediment. Cover for fish consists of stream bank undercuts and woody debris. The Sun Creek basin is forested by old growth ponderosa pine, mountain hemlock, and shasta red fir; alder thickets dominate the riparian canopy below approximately 1600 m elevation. Most breaks in channel gradient, pools, and scour pockets are formed by woody debris.
HUCEightDigitCode	18010203
LatitudeMeasure	42.8271527000
LongitudeMeasure	-122.0465500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric	24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName	Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName	NAD83
CountryCode	US
StateCode	41
CountyCode	035
ProviderName	STORET