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Lacks Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_RCW_LAC) 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_RCW_LAC. 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 41.0608333000 degrees latitude and -123.8658333000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 480 ft 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-REDW_RCW_LAC" 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*
Organics, Other 1992 - 1999
Physical 1991 - 2001
Sediment 1991 - 2001
*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-REDW_RCW_LAC
MonitoringLocationName Lacks Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is located on Lacks Creek, an east side tributary to Redwood Creek, approximately 14 miles east of Trinidad, CA. At the site the channel consists of boulder and cobblebedded steppool and poolriffles with some large woody debris. Formerly USGS Gaging Station No. 11482110, the site has been managed by Redwoods National and State Parks since 1991.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010102
LatitudeMeasure 41.0608333000
LongitudeMeasure -123.8658333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 480
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET