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Garden Creek Upstream of Tonto Trail Crossing (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_3P_GAR02) 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 "Garden Creek Upstream of Tonto Trail Crossing" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_3P_GAR02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15010002.

This site is located in Coconino County County, Arizona at 36.0786003600 degrees latitude and -112.1277667000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1153.28 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-GRCA_3P_GAR02" 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 2012 - 2012
Not Assigned 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2012 - 2012
*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-GRCA_3P_GAR02
MonitoringLocationName Garden Creek Upstream of Tonto Trail Crossing
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Garden Creek upstream of Tonto Trail crossing. This site is approximately 480 meters upstream of the intersection of Tonto and Bright Angel Trails. This station has an additional ID from NPS of GRCA_GAR02, Garden Creek Upstream of Tonto Trail Crossing.
HUCEightDigitCode 15010002
LatitudeMeasure 36.0786003600
LongitudeMeasure -112.1277667000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1153.28
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 04
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET