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Sand Creek at 6760 ft Elevation (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_WIS_SD6760) 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 "Sand Creek at 6760 ft Elevation" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_WIS_SD6760. 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 42.9100500000 degrees latitude and -122.0499750000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6760 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_SD6760" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 1990 - 1990
Physical 1990 - 1990
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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_SD6760
MonitoringLocationName Sand Creek at 6760 ft Elevation
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is a short segment extending from 6760 to 6840 feet in elevation. At 6840 feet a low volume 1st order tributary joins the main channel. Also at approximately 6840 feet in elevation there is a low falls, after which the stream channel is narrowly confined at the bottom of a broader, more Vshaped valley. Conifers are found higher on the valley slopes, leaving the stream channel relatively open. This is a moderate gradient segment with almost continuous riffle habitat. There are only limited depositional habitats, mainly in pockets on the stream margin. The channel is 12 m wide and 520 cm deep. Aquatic moss and encrusting algae is nearly absent now, but a diatom dominated periphyton community make the rocks very slick. Stream banks have a dense layer of moss, grass and herbaceous vegetation down to the waterline, bole and branch wood are occasional. At the base of the segment near the 6760 foot elevation mark, a series of 3 seepage areas are located on the west bank. These seep springs are approximately 10 m long and 23 m wide. The springs issue from the base of the west slope. Spring substrates are angular cobble overlying loosely consolidated sandgravel. Semiaquatic moss is common on exposed cobble tops. Encrusting algae is common. These are high gradient, shallow springs, with most of the flow being subsurface. Kicknet and hand pick samples were taken at the bottom of this segment at 6760 feet. The station description was based on station visits that occurred during September 1990.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010201
LatitudeMeasure 42.9100500000
LongitudeMeasure -122.0499750000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6760
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET