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Cottonwood Creek USGS No. 1 (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_GS2_COTT03) 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 "Cottonwood Creek USGS No. 1" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_GS2_COTT03. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15010001.

This site is located in Coconino County County, Arizona at 36.0244083000 degrees latitude and -111.9866694000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3890 ft 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_GS2_COTT03" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Organics, Other 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2002
Radiochemical 2000 - 2000
Stable Isotopes 2000 - 2000
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_GS2_COTT03
MonitoringLocationName Cottonwood Creek USGS No. 1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Cottonwood Creek drains the western side of Horseshoe Mesa and has three major branches in its upper reaches. The eastern branch, which abuts Horseshoe Mesa, is almost always dry. The central branch has perennial flow in places, and the USGS maintains a streamflowgaging station (station number 09402450) on this branch about 150 m upstream from the confluence with the eastern branch. There is a small seep in the western branch near the base of the Bright Angel Shale. Large Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii) trees and aquatic plant species are present at the site. Cottonwood Creek USGS No. 1 was located about 100 m downstream from the gaging station. The site is within the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. The USGS site ID is 360128111591200. The station name 'Cottonwood Creek No. 1' is the name used by the USGS in reports to the park.
HUCEightDigitCode 15010001
LatitudeMeasure 36.0244083000
LongitudeMeasure -111.9866694000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3890
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 04
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET