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BLUE LAKES SPRING BEL PUMP PLANT NR TWIN FALLS ID (USGS-13090999) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Idaho Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ID), has the name "BLUE LAKES SPRING BEL PUMP PLANT NR TWIN FALLS ID" and has the identifier USGS-13090999. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17040212. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Jerome County County, Idaho at 42.61472220000000 degrees latitude and -114.4683333000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

The geologic formation type is Snake River Group.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-13090999" 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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2007 - 2007
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 2007 - 2007
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2007 - 2007
Information 1999 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2020 - 2020
Microbiological 1999 - 2003
Nutrient 1995 - 2020
Organics, Other 1999 - 2020
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2004
Physical 1995 - 2020
Radiochemical 1995 - 1995
Sediment 1999 - 1999
Stable Isotopes 1995 - 1995
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ID
OrganizationFormalName USGS Idaho Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-13090999
MonitoringLocationName BLUE LAKES SPRING BEL PUMP PLANT NR TWIN FALLS ID
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17040212
LatitudeMeasure 42.61472220000000
LongitudeMeasure -114.4683333000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 053
FormationTypeText Snake River Group
ProviderName NWIS