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BRAIDED CAVE SITE T4 (11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_WCW_BRT4) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This cave site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "BRAIDED CAVE SITE T4" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ELMA_WCW_BRT4. 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 34.8956111000 degrees latitude and -108.1049167000 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_WCW_BRT4" 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 1995 - 1995
*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-ELMA_WCW_BRT4
MonitoringLocationName BRAIDED CAVE SITE T4
MonitoringLocationTypeName Cave
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE ICE CAVES NMCIBOLA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. SITE T4 IS AT A POOL IN BRAIDED CAVE; AN UNDERGROUND LAVA TUBE WITHIN EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT. DATA ARE FROM THE REPORT "BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF SIX LAVA TUBES; EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT; NEW MEXICO; PROJECT ORDER NO. 1443PX700093892; FINAL REPORT" BY DR. W. CALVIN WELBOURN (FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES) AND DIANA E. NORTHUP (UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO); SEPTEMBER 19 1996. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO PROVIDE BASELINE AND SEASONAL DATA FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF LAVA TUBE BIOTA. THE PH VALUE WAS OBTAINED BY AVERAGING OVER THE GIVEN RANGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT EL MALPAIS; P.O. BOX 939; GRANTS NM 87020; TEL. 5052855406. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY MELANIE SCHNIER AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE; FORT COLLINS CO 80525; TEL. 9702253516*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING/TUNNEL
HUCEightDigitCode 13020206
LatitudeMeasure 34.8956111000
LongitudeMeasure -108.1049167000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 006
ProviderName STORET