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Salt Wash 300 ft from Colorado River (11NPSWRD_WQX-ARCH_WEBB_9) 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 300 ft from Colorado River" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ARCH_WEBB_9. 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 38.6744266000 degrees latitude and -109.4984781000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_WEBB_9" 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, Counts 1988 - 1988
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1988 - 1988
Physical 1988 - 1988
*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_WEBB_9
MonitoringLocationName Salt Wash 300 ft from Colorado River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON BIG BEND UTAH-GRAND COUNTY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SAMPLING SITE IS AT SALT WASH 300 FEET FROM THE COLORADO RIVER AND IS OUTSIDE THE ARCHES NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY. DATA ARE FROM A REPORT BY NATHAN WEBB; `CHEMICAL AND BIOTIC SURVEY OF SALT WASH; ARCHES NATIONAL PARK;` AUGUST 1988. DATA WERE COLLECTED AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE SURVEY DONE BY BIO/WEST IN 1979. FOR PARK INFORMATION CONTACT THE RESOURCE MANAGER AT ARCHES NATIONAL PARK; P.O. BOX 907; MOAB UT 84532-0907 (TEL. 801-259-8161). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY RONDA BURNS; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525-5596 (TEL. 970-225-3516). *** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 14030005
LatitudeMeasure 38.6744266000
LongitudeMeasure -109.4984781000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET