Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  11NPSWRD_WQX >  11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_USGS_PN018

SITE PN018 AT UNNAMED STREAM IN TANK CANYON (11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_USGS_PN018) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "SITE PN018 AT UNNAMED STREAM IN TANK CANYON" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_USGS_PN018. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020206.

This site is located in Cibola County County, New Mexico at 34.5983333000 degrees latitude and -107.9530556000 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_PN018" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Information 1987 - 1987
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1987 - 1987
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1987 - 1987
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1987 - 1987
Nutrient 1987 - 1987
Radiochemical 1987 - 1987
*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_PN018
MonitoringLocationName SITE PN018 AT UNNAMED STREAM IN TANK CANYON
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE BONINE CANYON NM 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. SITE PN018 IS AT AN UNNAMED STREAM IN TANK CANYON IN THE PINYON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA OUTSIDE OF EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT. DATA ARE FROM US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPENFILE REPORT 897 "ANALYTICAL RESULTS AND SAMPLE LOCALITY MAP FOR STREAMSEDIMENT AND HEAVYMINERALCONCENTRATE SAMPLES FROM THE RIMROCK; SAND CANYON; LITTLE RIMROCK; PINYON; AND PETACA PINTA WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS; CIBOLA COUNTY; NEW MEXICO" BY JOHN H. BULLOCK JR.; THEODORE A. ROEMER; AND GARY A. NOWLAN; 1989. THE REPORT IS PART OF A GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY OF THE STUDY AREA. STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE GENERALLY DRY EXCEPT AFTER HEAVY PRECIPITATION. SAMPLING DATE WAS ESTIMATED AS THE MIDPOINT OF THE STUDY TIME FRAME OF JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1987. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE VALUES WERE GIVEN IN THE REPORT. 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/STREAM/SOLIDS
HUCEightDigitCode 13020206
LatitudeMeasure 34.5983333000
LongitudeMeasure -107.9530556000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 006
ProviderName STORET