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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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HORACE SPRING (USGS SPRING NO. 100923423) (11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_USGS_HORSP) 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 "HORACE SPRING (USGS SPRING NO. 100923423)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_USGS_HORSP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020207.

This site is located in Cibola County County, New Mexico at 35.0777778000 degrees latitude and -107.7521667000 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-ELMA_USGS_HORSP" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1962 - 1962
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1962 - 1962
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1962 - 1962
Organics, Other 1962 - 1962
Physical 1962 - 1962
*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-ELMA_USGS_HORSP
MonitoringLocationName HORACE SPRING (USGS SPRING NO. 100923423)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE GRANTS SE; NMCIBOLA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT HORACE SPRING AND IS OUTSIDE OF EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT. DATA ARE FROM THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATERRESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 944178; "HYDROGEOLOGY OF CIBOLA COUNTY; NEW MEXICO" BY J.A. BALDWIN AND D.R. RANKIN; 1995. THE USGS SPRING NUMBER; 100923423; INDICATES LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND WAS USED TO ASSIGN LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE VALUES. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY MELANIE SCHNIER AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525; TEL. 9702253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 13020207
LatitudeMeasure 35.0777778000
LongitudeMeasure -107.7521667000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 006
ProviderName STORET