Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  11NPSWRD_WQX >  11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_LSC

Little Sand Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_LSC) 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 "Little Sand Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_LSC. 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 37.8890200000 degrees latitude and -105.5024900000 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_LSC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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_LSC
MonitoringLocationName Little Sand Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The Little Sand Creek Reach began at the hikingtrail crossing and extended for 200 m upstream. The stream width was 1 to 3 m, the substrate ranged from small gravel to boulder, and the gradient was quite steep, ranging to about 10 %. Plunge pool habitat was common, with depths up to 0.5 m. Large woody debris, primarily aspen logs, was common in the stream.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.8890200000
LongitudeMeasure -105.5024900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET