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TILLET SPRING MARKED AS SYKES SPRING ON TOPO MAP (11NPSWRD_WQX-BICA_BLM_TILL) 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 "TILLET SPRING MARKED AS SYKES SPRING ON TOPO MAP" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BICA_BLM_TILL. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10080010.

This site is located in Big Horn County County, Wyoming at 44.9871389000 degrees latitude and -108.2828056000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3900 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-BICA_BLM_TILL" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1957 - 1957
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1957 - 1957
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1957 - 1957
Organics, Other 1957 - 1957
Physical 1957 - 1970
*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-BICA_BLM_TILL
MonitoringLocationName TILLET SPRING MARKED AS SYKES SPRING ON TOPO MAP
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SYKES SPRING WYOMINGBIG HORN CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT TILLET SPRING WHICH IS NAMED SYKES SPRING ON THE SYKES SPRING TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED ON MAY 27 1957 AND MAY 14 1970. THE 1957 RESULTS ARE IN A MEMORANDUM FROM DICK FELTIS; HYDROLOGIST WRD BILLINGS MONTANA. THE 1970 RESULTS ARE IN "HYDROLOGIC EVALUATION OF THE PROBABLE EFFECTS OF DRILLING IRRIGATION WELLS IN THE PROXIMITY OF BRITTON SPRING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PRYOR MOUNTAIN HORSE RANGE IN THE WORLAND DISTRICT; WYOMING" ATTACHED TO A MEMORANDUM TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER; BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT; WORLAND WYOMING FROM H.J. KING; SOIL AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION PROGRAM; USGSWRD DENVER COLORADO. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT BIGHORN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA P.O. BOX 7458 FORT SMITH MONTANA 59035. TEL (406) 6662412. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY PAUL MCELVERY AT NPSWRD 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250 FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80525. TEL (970) 2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 10080010
LatitudeMeasure 44.9871389000
LongitudeMeasure -108.2828056000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3900
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET