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Sunset View Spring in Cedar Breaks NM (11NPSWRD_WQX-CEBR_USGS_SVS) 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 "Sunset View Spring in Cedar Breaks NM" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CEBR_USGS_SVS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16030001.

This site is located in Iron County County, Utah at 37.6208333000 degrees latitude and -112.8263889000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 10330 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-CEBR_USGS_SVS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1969 - 1970
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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-CEBR_USGS_SVS
MonitoringLocationName Sunset View Spring in Cedar Breaks NM
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station can be found on the Cedar Breaks Utah 15' U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic quadrangle. The station is a located at Sunset View Spring in Cedar Breaks National Monument. The data stored at this station are from a USGS report entitled "Spring Discharge at Cedar Breaks National Monument and Zion National Park; Southwestern Utah" 1971 by C.T. Sumsion a USGS hydrologist. The National Park Service (NPS) contracted with the USGS to collect these data to plan the development of supplementary water supplies in Cedar Breaks National Monument and for water supplies for the Lava Point and East Rim campsites in Zion National Park. Data are primarily from 1969 and 1970 with some earlier water quality measurements. A copy of the report is on file with the NPS Water Resources Division. The data were processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker; NPS Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Drive Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525; Tel. (970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 16030001
LatitudeMeasure 37.6208333000
LongitudeMeasure -112.8263889000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 10330
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET