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Bowns Canyon Garden (11NPSWRD_WQX-GLCA_SSCR_97-06) 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 "Bowns Canyon Garden" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GLCA_SSCR_97-06. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14070001.

This site is located in Kane County County, Utah at 37.3978240000 degrees latitude and -110.8746210000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1280 m 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-GLCA_SSCR_97-06" 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

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 1997 - 1997
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1997 - 1997
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 1997
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 1997
Nutrient 1997 - 1997
Organics, Other 1997 - 1997
Physical 1997 - 1997
Radiochemical 1997 - 1997
*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-GLCA_SSCR_97-06
MonitoringLocationName Bowns Canyon Garden
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Bowns Canyon Garden is located within the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The site is one of 56 stations monitored at four national park units in a survey of springs along the Colorado River by John Spence during 1997 and 1998.
HUCEightDigitCode 14070001
LatitudeMeasure 37.3978240000
LongitudeMeasure -110.8746210000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1280
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET