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Sheep Creek below Spring in Bryce Canyon National Park (11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_3P_4951855) 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 "Sheep Creek below Spring in Bryce Canyon National Park" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_3P_4951855. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14070007.

This site is located in Garfield County County, Utah at 37.5713719708 degrees latitude and -112.2010287480 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-BRCA_3P_4951855" 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 2010 - 2014
Not Assigned 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2010 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2014
*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-BRCA_3P_4951855
MonitoringLocationName Sheep Creek below Spring in Bryce Canyon National Park
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Sheep Creek below a spring in Bryce Canyon National Park. This site is downstream from an unnamed spring, and just upstream of the confluence of Sheep Creek with Short Canyon. Latitude and longitude coordinates were compiled from previous studies or topographic map interpolation. This station has an additional ID from Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality of 4951855 with a station name of Sheep Ck bl Spring in Bryce Cyn NP.
HUCEightDigitCode 14070007
LatitudeMeasure 37.5713719708
LongitudeMeasure -112.2010287480
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET