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CANYON SPRING NEXT TO CANYON CREEK (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIC_OGS_CAN) 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 "CANYON SPRING NEXT TO CANYON CREEK" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIC_OGS_CAN. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11140104.

This site is located in Pontotoc County County, Oklahoma at 34.5446389000 degrees latitude and -96.6006111000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 990 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-CHIC_OGS_CAN" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1977 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1977 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1977 - 1977
Organics, Other 1977 - 1977
Physical 1977 - 1977
*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-CHIC_OGS_CAN
MonitoringLocationName CANYON SPRING NEXT TO CANYON CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE HARDEN CITY OKLAHOMA 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPO.) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT CANYON SPRING NEXT TO CANYON CREEK APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILES NORTH OF THE PONTOTOCJOHNSTON COUNTY BORDER. THE SPRING IS DESCRIBED AS AN "ARTESIAN" SPRING. SAMPLES FOR THE SITE WERE COLLECTED JANUARY 26 1977 DURING A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) IN COOPERATION WITH THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (OGS). THE DATA WERE PUBLISHED IN THE 1990 REPORT "HYDROLOGY OF THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS AREA; SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA" BY ROY W. FAIRCHILD; RONALD L. HANSON; AND ROBERT E. DAVIS. THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE VALUES FOR THE SITE WERE OBTAINED BY DIGITIZING A POINT THAT MATCHED THE SITE TYPE AND THE SITE'S TOWNSHIP; RANGE; AND QUARTERQUARTERQUARTER SECTION LOCATION (SECSTA1) AS ILLUSTRATED IN FIGURE 2 OF THE REPORT. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY PAUL MCELVERY NPSWRD FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80525. TEL (970) 2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 11140104
LatitudeMeasure 34.5446389000
LongitudeMeasure -96.6006111000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 990
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 40
CountyCode 123
ProviderName STORET