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Yellow Creek below Spring in Bryce Canyon National Park (11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_3P_4951857) 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 "Yellow Creek below Spring in Bryce Canyon National Park" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_3P_4951857. 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 37.5744279601 degrees latitude and -112.1410263710 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_4951857" 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*
Information 2010 - 2015
Not Assigned 2012 - 2015
Organics, Other 2010 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2015
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_3P_4951857
MonitoringLocationName Yellow Creek below Spring in Bryce Canyon National Park
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Yellow Creek below spring in Bryce Canyon National Park. The site is approximately 3.1 kilometers downstream of Yellow Spring. Latitude and longitude coordinates were compiled from previous studies or topographic map interpolation. This station has additional IDs and station names: USGS-NWIS Site No. 373428112082801, Yellow Ck bl Spring in Bryce Cyn NP; and Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality 4951857, Yellow Ck bl Spring in Bryce Cyn NP.
HUCEightDigitCode 14070007
LatitudeMeasure 37.5744279601
LongitudeMeasure -112.1410263710
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET