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West Achugao Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_WAS) 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 "West Achugao Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_WAS. 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 15.2377777800 degrees latitude and 145.7683333330 degrees longitude using the datum GUAM. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 270 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_WAS" 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 - 1971
*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_WAS
MonitoringLocationName West Achugao Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at West Achugao Spring. Spring is approximately 0.7 miles upstream from mouth of Achugao Stream and 1.3 mi east of Tanapag. The spring issues from crevices in marl beds in western slope of Talufofo basin and is enclosed in a concrete cistern. The aquifer is described as sany marl. West Achugao Spring is also known as Bobo Aguchao Lagu and Achugao Spring No. 1. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 16804000 with the station name of West Achugao Spring, Saipan, CNMI.
HUCEightDigitCode 22020000
LatitudeMeasure 15.2377777800
LongitudeMeasure 145.7683333330
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName GUAM
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 270
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 69
CountyCode 110
ProviderName STORET