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Capulin Creek at Base Camp Gaging Station (11NPSWRD_WQX-BAND_3P_CAP01) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Capulin Creek at Base Camp Gaging Station" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BAND_3P_CAP01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020201.

This site is located in Sandoval County County, New Mexico at 35.7589202700 degrees latitude and -106.3305534600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1904 m 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-BAND_3P_CAP01" 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*
Information 2014 - 2019
Not Assigned 2014 - 2019
Organics, Other 2014 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2019
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2017 - 2019
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BAND_3P_CAP01
MonitoringLocationName Capulin Creek at Base Camp Gaging Station
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Capulin Creek at Base Camp gaging station, approximately 3.6 kilometers east of St Peters Dome. This station is former USGS gaging station ID 083133655, Capulin Canyon at Ranger Cabin.
HUCEightDigitCode 13020201
LatitudeMeasure 35.7589202700
LongitudeMeasure -106.3305534600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1904
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET