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Paria River Below Bridge (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_NPS_PARI02) 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 "Paria River Below Bridge" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRCA_NPS_PARI02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14070007.

This site is located in Coconino County County, Arizona at 36.8641667000 degrees latitude and -111.5972222000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3136 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_NPS_PARI02" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1992 - 1994
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1992 - 1994
Microbiological 1992 - 1993
Nutrient 1992 - 1994
Organics, Other 1992 - 1994
Physical 1992 - 1994
Radiochemical 1992 - 1994
*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_NPS_PARI02
MonitoringLocationName Paria River Below Bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The Paria River is located near Colorado River Mile 1 at river right. The site is located on the Paria River just below the bridge. The site is within the boundary of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Station description information was provided by Grand Canyon National Park staff.
HUCEightDigitCode 14070007
LatitudeMeasure 36.8641667000
LongitudeMeasure -111.5972222000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3136
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 04
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET