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Sun Creek at 6300 ft Elevation (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_WIS_SN6300) 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 at 6300 ft Elevation" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_WIS_SN6300. 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 42.8779166000 degrees latitude and -122.0994638000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6300 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_SN6300" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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_SN6300
MonitoringLocationName Sun Creek at 6300 ft Elevation
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This segment begins at an elevation of about 6480 feet, just below the Vidae Falls Picnic area and extends for approximately 0.75 kilometers downstream to the confluence of Vidae Creek at 6280 feet in elevation. The segment has a moderate to high gradient, the channel is 23 meters wide and is on average 10 cm in depth. The stream is found in a shallow low sloping valley. A relatively open fir overstory is found on the slopes and in the stream riparian area. Understory vegetation is sparse. Stream banks have a high rock content and are covered with moss and herbaceous vegetation to the waterline. Logs have stepped the stream at 1015 meter intervals, creating cascade steps and shallow plunge pools. There is considerable storage of gravel behind these steps. Between steps, gravel runs, sand gravel pools and cobblerubble riffles occur in approximately equal proportions. Where cobbles are found they are partially embedded in sand/gravel. Aquatic mosses cover lees than 5% of the bottom areas and are found on larger cobbles and logs. An encrusting algae is found in moderate abundance on larger, more stable substrates. A kicknet sample in erosional habitats was taken at 6300 feet, along with hand picking collections along the entire length of this segment. The station description was based on station visits that occurred during September 1990.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010203
LatitudeMeasure 42.8779166000
LongitudeMeasure -122.0994638000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6300
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET