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NORTH FORK PONDEROSA CANYON SPRING (11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_SP_027) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "NORTH FORK PONDEROSA CANYON SPRING" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BRCA_SP_027. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14070007.

This site is located in Kane County County, Utah at 37.5070278000 degrees latitude and -112.2570000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8320 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-BRCA_SP_027" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1996 - 1996
*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_SP_027
MonitoringLocationName NORTH FORK PONDEROSA CANYON SPRING
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE TROPIC RESERVOIR UTAH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. NORTH FORK PONDEROSA CANYON SPRING IS A NATURAL SPRING AND IS INSIDE THE BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY. THE SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BETWEEN 6/11/96 AND 8/8/96 AS PART OF A STUDY DONE BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL. DATA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORT "NATURAL SPRING INVENTORYBRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK." THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO ASSESS THE WATER QUALITY AND CREATE A BASELINE INVENTORY OF THE SPRINGS LOCATED WITHIN BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK; BRYCE CANYON UT 84717 (TEL. 8018345322). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY LISA DUMMER; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 14070007
LatitudeMeasure 37.5070278000
LongitudeMeasure -112.2570000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8320
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET