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Fossil Gulch Springs (11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_FGS) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Fossil Gulch Springs" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-HAFO_BD_FGS. 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 42.8255050000 degrees latitude and -114.9499740000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 991.2 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_FGS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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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_FGS
MonitoringLocationName Fossil Gulch Springs
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fossil Gulch Springs (T7S R13E 17AAA) is located in a drainage below the Horse Quarry at HAFO. The Fossil Gulch Springs are comprised of two main springs, the North and South Forks, which have been monitored for flow discharge since 1997. Based on a volumetric flow measurement, the North Fork weir averaged 1.2 liters per second, and the South Fork averaged 0.5 liters per second. A monitoring well was installed in sand and clay material to capture water samples for chemical analyses every month. Five different horizontal PVC wells were used from previous studies near the location of the sampling well. The amount of flow from these horizontal wells was not sufficient to sample, so the new monitoring well was installed and water was continuously siphoned out of the well using small tubing. As each sample was collected, baseline water parameters were measured. The flow rate from the well average 0.01 liters per second. Fossil Gulch Springs is considered to reside in the sand hydrogeologic group.
HUCEightDigitCode 17040212
LatitudeMeasure 42.8255050000
LongitudeMeasure -114.9499740000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 991.2
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET