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Sulphur Creek above Confluence with Fremont River (11NPSWRD_WQX-CARE_3P_4954770) 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 "Sulphur Creek above Confluence with Fremont River" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CARE_3P_4954770. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14070003.

This site is located in Wayne County County, Utah at 38.2872222000 degrees latitude and -111.2462194720 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-CARE_3P_4954770" 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 - 2015
Not Assigned 2014 - 2015
Organics, Other 2010 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2015
*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-CARE_3P_4954770
MonitoringLocationName Sulphur Creek above Confluence with Fremont River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Sulphur Creek above confluence with Fremont River. This site is Sulphur Creek, approximately 100 meters upstream of its confluence with Fremont River. Latitude and longitude coordinates were compiled from previous studies or topographic map interpolation. This station has additional IDs ans station names: USGS-NWIS Site No. 381712111144601, Sulphur Ck Ab Confl/Fremont R in Picnic Area; and Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality 4954770, Sulphur Ck ab Cnfl/Fremont R in Picnic.
HUCEightDigitCode 14070003
LatitudeMeasure 38.2872222000
LongitudeMeasure -111.2462194720
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET