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Lacks Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_CDFG_LACKS) 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 "Lacks Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_CDFG_LACKS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010102.

This site is located in Humboldt County County, California at 41.0616666000 degrees latitude and -123.8722222000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-REDW_CDFG_LACKS" 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*
Information 1995 - 1995
Physical 1995 - 1995
*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-REDW_CDFG_LACKS
MonitoringLocationName Lacks Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lacks Creek is tributary to Redwood Creek, tributary to the Pacific Ocean, located in Humboldt County, California. Lacks Creek's legal description at the confluence with Redwood Creek is T08N R03E S19. Lacks Creek is a third order stream and has approximately 18.6 miles of blue line stream according to the USGS Hupa Mountain 7.5 minute quadrangle. Lacks Creek drains a watershed of approximately 17.4 square miles. Summer base flow is approximately 0.2 cubic feet per second (cfs) at the mouth. Elevations range from about 440 feet at the mouth of the creek to 3,200 feet in the headwater areas. Redwood/Douglas fir forest and grassland dominates the watershed. The watershed is primarily privately owned, but some of the watershed is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Lacks Creek watershed is managed for timber production and rangeland. Vehicle access exists via Highway 299 to Redwood Valley Road. The total length of the stream surveyed was 15,147 feet with an additional 2,297 feet of side channel.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010102
LatitudeMeasure 41.0616666000
LongitudeMeasure -123.8722222000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET