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Lightning Springs Source (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_EA5S_LSS) 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 "Lightning Springs Source" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_EA5S_LSS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17100307.

This site is located in Klamath County County, Oregon at 42.9351666000 degrees latitude and -122.1794333000 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-CRLA_EA5S_LSS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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-CRLA_EA5S_LSS
MonitoringLocationName Lightning Springs Source
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lightning Springs Source is located just off the west rim of the crater at Lightning Spring Trail in Crater Lake National Park. In the headwaters there were several seeps near the source of Lightning Spring that also contributed to flow. The spring source was dominated by soils rather than coarse rock. Several large Mountain Hemlocks were found in the immediate area of the spring. The altitude of the source spring is between 6800 and 6900 feet.
HUCEightDigitCode 17100307
LatitudeMeasure 42.9351666000
LongitudeMeasure -122.1794333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET