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Garden Creek Downstream of Hitching Post (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_3P_GAR06) 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 Downstream of Hitching Post" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_3P_GAR06. 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 36.0786701500 degrees latitude and -112.1270569000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1144.3 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_GAR06" 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 2014 - 2014
Not Assigned 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2014
*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_GAR06
MonitoringLocationName Garden Creek Downstream of Hitching Post
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is at Garden Creek downstream of the hitching post. The site is approximately 450 meters downstream of the Indian Garden Ranger Station.
HUCEightDigitCode 15010002
LatitudeMeasure 36.0786701500
LongitudeMeasure -112.1270569000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1144.3
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 04
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET