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Panther Creek Study Area (11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_WOOD_PAN) 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 "Panther Creek Study Area" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_WOOD_PAN. 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 41.0869790000 degrees latitude and -123.9089185000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 450 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_WOOD_PAN" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Physical 1974 - 1974
*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_WOOD_PAN
MonitoringLocationName Panther Creek Study Area
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site was located on Panther Creek in a riffle section with a linear channel and relatively smooth water surface. The watershed had an area of approximately 6.02 square miles, was oriented in a northeast direction, had a mean slope of 36 percent, and a channel length of 14750 feet. In 1973 an area of approximately 10 acres adjacent to Panther Creek was logged in previous years.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010102
LatitudeMeasure 41.0869790000
LongitudeMeasure -123.9089185000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 450
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET