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East Achugao Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_EAS) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "East Achugao Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_EAS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)22020000.

This site is located in Saipan Municipality County, Northern Mariana Islands at 15.2316666700 degrees latitude and 145.7755555560 degrees longitude using the datum GUAM. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 320 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-AMME_GS1_EAS" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1944 - 1944
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1944 - 1944
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1944 - 1944
Nutrient 1944 - 1944
Physical 1944 - 1974
*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-AMME_GS1_EAS
MonitoringLocationName East Achugao Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at East Achugao Spring. Spring is approximately 0.45 miles southeast of Mount Achugao. The spring issues from the base of a 5-foot ledge of limestone and is encased in a concrete cistern. The aquifer is described as limestone. East Achugao Spring is also known as Bobo Achugao Hava and Achugau Spring No. 2. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 16802500 with the station name of Achugao Spring, Saipan, CNMI.
HUCEightDigitCode 22020000
LatitudeMeasure 15.2316666700
LongitudeMeasure 145.7755555560
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName GUAM
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 320
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 69
CountyCode 110
ProviderName STORET