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South Desert Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-CARE_NPS_9_1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "South Desert Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CARE_NPS_9_1. 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 38.4725556000 degrees latitude and -111.3548611000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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_NPS_9_1" 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*
Microbiological 1990 - 1992
Nutrient 1988 - 1990
Organics, Other 1988 - 1990
Physical 1988 - 1992
*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_NPS_9_1
MonitoringLocationName South Desert Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located on the Cathedral Mountain UT 7.5 minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle. The station is located inside Capitol Reef National Park at South Desert Spring. Water quality data were collected at this location by Resource Management staff of Capitol Reef National Park during the park's water quality monitoring program which ran from 1987 through 1994. A report entitled "Summary Statistics and Trend Analysis for Capitol Reef National Park Water Quality Data 19881994" was prepared by Kevin Berghoff; a hydrologist for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in 1998. For additional information contact Capitol Reef National Park at H.C. 70 Box 15; Torrey UT 847759602; Tel. 8014253791. Data processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker; National Park Service Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Drive Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525; Tel. 9702253516; Fax. 9702259965.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 14070003
LatitudeMeasure 38.4725556000
LongitudeMeasure -111.3548611000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET