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Sand Creek Lower Reach (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_SCLR) 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 Lower Reach" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_FISH_SCLR. 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 37.8857500000 degrees latitude and -105.5072200000 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_SCLR" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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 2002 - 2002
Biological, Fish 2002 - 2002
*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-GRSA_FISH_SCLR
MonitoringLocationName Sand Creek Lower Reach
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Three 200m reaches on Sand Creek were sampled. The Sand Creek Upper Reach was located at the first trail crossing above the Music Pass Trail. The 200m reach was centered on a 2.6m waterfall, located where the hikingtrail crosses the stream. Because of low water conditions, the lower 100 m of this reach was very shallow (< 0.3 m), and 1 to 2 m wide, although the stream channel was about 7 m wide. Substrate was primarily angular cobble and boulder. The only deep area was a 5 x 7 m pool, ranging to 1 m deep, located immediately below the waterfall. The upper 100 m had similar habitat; however, bedrock substrate and shallow pools were more common than below the waterfall.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.8857500000
LongitudeMeasure -105.5072200000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET