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Fossil Gulch Pond Well (11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_FGPW) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This well site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Fossil Gulch Pond Well" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_FGPW. 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 42.8541250000 degrees latitude and -114.9846190000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1016.4 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_FGPW" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2005
Organics, Other 2004 - 2005
Physical 2004 - 2005
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_FGPW
MonitoringLocationName Fossil Gulch Pond Well
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fossil Gulch Pond Well (T6S R12E 36DDA) is located in the middle section of the Bell Rapids Plateau, next to the Bell Rapids Irrigation District canal, about two meters from a pressurizing pumping station on the canal and thirty meters from one of the Bell Rapids Irrigation District irrigation ponds. The well is privately owned and serves as a water supply to potato cellars and a condemned Quonset hut, both 0.8 kilometers (1/2 mile) from the well. The cellars are 0.8 kilometers east of the well and the house is 0.8 kilometers west of the well. Throughout the study there were electrical problems experienced with the pump. When the pump was working, a hose was connected to a water line inside the pump house that connects from the pump and tank to feed the cellar and the house. This line had a valve outside the pump house to which a garden hose can be hooked to allow water to flow for sampling. IF the pump was on during sampling, then water was drafted from the hose for a much shorter time, enough to empty the pressure tank in the pump house. When the pump was off, flow time was much greater. When the pump was not working due to electrical problems, then samples were retrieved using a one liter bailer. During the irrigation season when the canal was flowing, water samples were also taken from the canal near the concrete slab. Since the shut down of irrigation (last irrigation in October 2004 and sold water rights in June 2005), the water level of this well has dropped 0.6 meters a month. This location is assumed to be a recharge source area of the Shoestring basalt flow aquifer.
HUCEightDigitCode 17040212
LatitudeMeasure 42.8541250000
LongitudeMeasure -114.9846190000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1016.4
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET