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Sulphur Creek Reach 3 (11NPSWRD_WQX-CARE_FISH2021_SC3) 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 Reach 3" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CARE_FISH2021_SC3. 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 38.2901535800 degrees latitude and -111.2702505000 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_FISH2021_SC3" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2021 - 2021
Biological, Counts 2021 - 2021
Biological, Fish 2021 - 2021
Physical 2021 - 2021
*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-CARE_FISH2021_SC3
MonitoringLocationName Sulphur Creek Reach 3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sulphur Creek is a small tributary of the Fremont River. Historically, it is likely that it was dry most of the time, but currently, irrigation returns from farmland in the upper Sulphur Creek watershed near the town of Torrey maintain a small baseflow through the park during irrigation season. Similarly, there is a more reliable baseflow for a short distance above the confluence with the Fremont River that is maintained by additional irrigation returns from nearby orchards within Capitol Reef National Park, that are irrigated by water diverted from the Fremont River within the park. A series of natural falls exist within the park, a short distance upstream of the Visitors Center, which are a barrier to upstream fish movement. Survey Reach Start UTM Zone 12N: 476469 E, 4238041 N; Survey Reach End: 476288 E, 4237990 N
HUCEightDigitCode 14070003
LatitudeMeasure 38.2901535800
LongitudeMeasure -111.2702505000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET