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Hurdygurdy Creek at Confluence with South Fork Smith River (11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_FUL_HUGU) 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 "Hurdygurdy Creek at Confluence with South Fork Smith River" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_FUL_HUGU. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010101.

This site is located in Del Norte County County, California at 41.6840806000 degrees latitude and -123.9145028000 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_FUL_HUGU" 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 1988 - 1988
Biological, Fish 1988 - 1988
Physical 1988 - 1988
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_FUL_HUGU
MonitoringLocationName Hurdygurdy Creek at Confluence with South Fork Smith River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Hurdygurdy Creek is a tributary of the South Fork Smith River and drains a 131 km2 area at an elevation range of 180 m to 1200 m. The local geology is a mixture of low to high grade metamorphic rock. The riparian zone ranges from 5 to 25 m in width. The lower 7 km of the Hurdygurdy Creek comprises the study area. Historical land use was mostly smallscale mining and logging, with associated road construction. The trap site was located in the thalweg at the head of a bedrocklined pool located approximately 500 m from the mouth of the stream. A rock weir extending from the streambanks to the mouth of the trap was constructed to direct all streamflow into the trap.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010101
LatitudeMeasure 41.6840806000
LongitudeMeasure -123.9145028000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET