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Sand Creek at 4695 ft Elevation (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_WIS_SD4695) 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 at 4695 ft Elevation" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_WIS_SD4695. 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 42.8590055000 degrees latitude and -121.8997638000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4695 ft No vertical 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_WIS_SD4695" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 1990 - 1990
Physical 1990 - 1990
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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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_WIS_SD4695
MonitoringLocationName Sand Creek at 4695 ft Elevation
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At about 4800 feet in elevation, Sand Creek emerges from the narrow, steepwalled Pinnacles region and begins its traverse of the low sloping plateau down to the Klamath Marsh basin. A kicknet sample was taken at 4695 feet in elevation where the Sun Mountain Road crosses Sand Creek. This is just upstream of where irrigation diversions begin. Stream bottom substrates at the Sun Mountain Road crossing is dominated by pumice sand. There are a few pockets of gravel and scattered cobbles, but these probably receive substantial scour during high water events. The most stable habitat present is found on the occasional submerged log, and the moss attached to the logs. The station description was based on station visits that occurred during September 1990.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010201
LatitudeMeasure 42.8590055000
LongitudeMeasure -121.8997638000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4695
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET