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APPROX 1/3 OF A MI SW OF TALUS LAKE; POND #NS13 (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRTE_DG_NS13) 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 "APPROX 1/3 OF A MI SW OF TALUS LAKE; POND #NS13" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRTE_DG_NS13. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17040101.

This site is located in Teton County County, Wyoming at 43.8965556000 degrees latitude and -110.8064722000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3048 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-GRTE_DG_NS13" 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 1982 - 1982
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1982 - 1982
Physical 1982 - 1982
*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-GRTE_DG_NS13
MonitoringLocationName APPROX 1/3 OF A MI SW OF TALUS LAKE; POND #NS13
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE RANGER PEAK; WYTETON CO. 7.5' SERIES (TOPO.) QUADRANGLE. THE SAMPLE STATION IS AT AN UNNAMED; ALPINE POND 1/3 OF A MILE SOUTHWEST OF TALUS LAKE IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY DAVID D. GULLEY AND WERE PRESENTED IN HIS 1985 M.S. THESIS "A LIMNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE MORPHOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; BENTHOS; AND ZOOPLANKTON OF 70 SMALL LAKES AND PONDS IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK" (UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING). ALL WATER SAMPLE PARAMETERS; WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAGNESIUM; WERE MEASURED IN THE FIELD. FLOW IS DESCRIBED AS OUTFLOW FROM THE WATER BODY. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES WERE ESTIMATED USING UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR (UTM) COORDINATES GIVEN IN THE APPENDIX OF THE REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES AT GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; P.O. DRAWER 170; MOOSE; WY 83012; TEL. 3077393300. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY RICH HENDERSON; 1201 OAK RIDGE DR. SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS; CO 80525; TEL. 9702253516.Mean Depth of Lake (ft): 1Maximum Depth of Lake (ft): 1*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 17040101
LatitudeMeasure 43.8965556000
LongitudeMeasure -110.8064722000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3048
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET