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WEST END OF JOHNSON LAKE (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRBA_NPS_JOH902) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "WEST END OF JOHNSON LAKE" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRBA_NPS_JOH902. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16020301.

This site is located in White Pine County County, Nevada at 38.9437500000 degrees latitude and -114.2970833000 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-GRBA_NPS_JOH902" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1990 - 1990
*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-GRBA_NPS_JOH902
MonitoringLocationName WEST END OF JOHNSON LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE WHEELER PEAK NVWHITE PINE COUNTY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT THE WEST END OF JOHNSON LAKE AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK (GRBA) BOUNDARY. THIS SAMPLING SITE WAS REPLACED BY SITE JOHW FOR STUDIES AFTER 1990. THE DATA ARE FROM SEVERAL YEARLY REPORTS (199097) BY KURT PFAFF; PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN FOR GRBA. A SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM WAS INSTITUTED TO ACQUIRE DATA FROM THE PARK WATERS ON A SEMIANNUAL BASIS. DATA ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE PARK'S WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN ORDER TO PERPETUATE THE INHERENT NATURAL INTEGRITY OF ITS WATERDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK; BAKER NV 893119700 (TEL. 7022347331). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY ADRIANE PETERSEN; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 16020301
LatitudeMeasure 38.9437500000
LongitudeMeasure -114.2970833000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET