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Fossil Gulch Canal Pump Station (11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_CANAL4) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This canal irrigation site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Fossil Gulch Canal Pump Station" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_CANAL4. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17040212.

This site is located in Twin Falls County County, Idaho at 42.8203845000 degrees latitude and -114.9323034000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 853.44 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-HAFO_BD_CANAL4" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
*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-HAFO_BD_CANAL4
MonitoringLocationName Fossil Gulch Canal Pump Station
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Irrigation
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fossil Gulch Canal was sampled at various locations with the data lumped together on page 126 ('Canal Data') in Dille's thesis. This station contains the data from Fossil Gulch Canal collected at the Pump Station. Lat/lon is approximate.
HUCEightDigitCode 17040212
LatitudeMeasure 42.8203845000
LongitudeMeasure -114.9323034000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 853.44
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET