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Salt Wash 100 ft. Upstream of Park Boundary (11NPSWRD_WQX-ARCH_BLM_STW1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Salt Wash 100 ft. Upstream of Park Boundary" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ARCH_BLM_STW1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14030005.

This site is located in Grand County County, Utah at 38.6773154000 degrees latitude and -109.5010337000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4000 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-ARCH_BLM_STW1" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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, Counts 1983 - 1983
Information 1983 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1983 - 1983
Nutrient 1983 - 1983
Physical 1983 - 1983
*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-ARCH_BLM_STW1
MonitoringLocationName Salt Wash 100 ft. Upstream of Park Boundary
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE WINDOWS SECTION UT 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT SALT WASH 100 FEET UPSTREAM OF THE PARK BOUNDARY AND IS INSIDE THE ARCHES NATIONAL PARK. THE DATA ARE FROM THE REPORT `ARCHES AND CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK AQUATIC STUDY` BY J. CONNOR (NPS) AND W.G. KEPNER (BLM) (1983). THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO MONITOR THE IMPACTS BY VISITORS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY TO WATER SOURCES IN THE PARKS. THE STUDY WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT ARCHES NATIONAL PARK; P.O. BOX 907; MOAB UT 84532 (TEL. 801-259-8161). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY LISA DUMMER; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DR. SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 970-225-3516). *** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 14030005
LatitudeMeasure 38.6773154000
LongitudeMeasure -109.5010337000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4000
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET