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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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COTTONWOOD SPRING (5S/12E-14LS) (11NPSWRD_WQX-JOTR_USGS_CWSP) 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 "COTTONWOOD SPRING (5S/12E-14LS)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-JOTR_USGS_CWSP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18100204.

This site is located in Riverside County County, California at 33.7366667000 degrees latitude and -115.8089722000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal 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-JOTR_USGS_CWSP" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1952 - 1961
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1952 - 1961
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1952 - 1959
Not Assigned 1955 - 1961
Nutrient 1952 - 1961
Organics, Other 1952 - 1961
Physical 1944 - 1961
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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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-JOTR_USGS_CWSP
MonitoringLocationName COTTONWOOD SPRING (5S/12E-14LS)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE COTTONWOOD SPRING CALIFORNIARIVERSIDE COUNTY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. COTTONWOOD SPRINGS IS A DEVELOPED SPRING AND IS WITHIN THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY. THE DATA ARE FROM A REPORT BY J.E. WEIR AND J.S. BADER; "GROUND WATER AND RELATED GEOLOGY OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT; CALIFORNIA JULY 15; 1963: OPEN FILE REPORT." THE REPORT WAS PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO LOCATE WELLS AND SPRINGS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP WATER SUPPLIES FOR THE PARK AND TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS ON WATER QUALITY BASED UPON DATA FROM SELECT LOCATIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK; 74485 NATIONAL MONUMENT DRIVE; TWENTYNINE PALMS; CA 922773597 (TEL. 7603675500). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY CURTIS COOPER; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 18100204
LatitudeMeasure 33.7366667000
LongitudeMeasure -115.8089722000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 065
ProviderName STORET