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Lower Sand Creek Lake (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_LOSCL) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Lower Sand Creek Lake" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_LOSCL. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010003.

This site is located in Saguache County County, Colorado at 37.9299000000 degrees latitude and -105.5301600000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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-GRSA_FISH_LOSCL" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 2002 - 2002
Biological, Fish 2002 - 2002
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_LOSCL
MonitoringLocationName Lower Sand Creek Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lower Sand Creek Lake is at an elevation of 3,496 m. The small, flowing inlet stream located at the south end of the lake was 0.5 to 1.0 m wide, with low current velocity and substrate consisting of sand and silt overlying fine gravel. The inlet stream extended about 100 m upstream until it became very steep (5 to > 10 % slope). The outlet stream from Lower Sand Creek Lake was small (1.0 to 1.5 m wide), shallow (0.1 to 0.3 m) and its substrate ranged from small gravel to large, angular rock.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.9299000000
LongitudeMeasure -105.5301600000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET