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Desire Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-KEFJ_DESC001) 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 "Desire Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KEFJ_DESC001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19020202.

This site is located in Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska at 59.5813250500 degrees latitude and -150.2891332700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2 m 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-KEFJ_DESC001" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2004 - 2004
*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-KEFJ_DESC001
MonitoringLocationName Desire Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText McCarty Fjord - Desire Creek - This is a small tributary entering main creek just above tidal influence. This small creek emerged from a pedominately alder with some spruce forest and faned out in the tidal zone (see photos). Channel dimension are from just above the fanned out area.
HUCEightDigitCode 19020202
LatitudeMeasure 59.5813250500
LongitudeMeasure -150.2891332700
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 122
ProviderName STORET