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POND WEST OF TEPHRA RING AT THE NOVARUPTA BASIN (11NPSWRD_WQX-KATM_KEITH_21) 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 "POND WEST OF TEPHRA RING AT THE NOVARUPTA BASIN" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KATM_KEITH_21. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19030204.

This site is located in Lake And Peninsula Borough County, Alaska at 58.2660000000 degrees latitude and -155.1630000000 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-KATM_KEITH_21" 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 1986 - 1986
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1986 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1986 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1986 - 1986
Organics, Other 1986 - 1986
Physical 1986 - 1986
*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-KATM_KEITH_21
MonitoringLocationName POND WEST OF TEPHRA RING AT THE NOVARUPTA BASIN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE MT. KATMAI (B4) AK 1:63360 SCALE SERIES TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND IS INSIDE THE KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE BOUNDARIES (KATM). THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NOVARUPTA BASIN AT A POND WEST OF THE TEPHRA RING SURROUNDING NOVARUPTA DOME AT THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES (VTTS). A SAMPLE WHICH APPEARED TO BE COMPOSED OF MOSTLY SNOWMELT WATER WAS COLLECTED BY TERRY KEITH (US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY) ON 28 JULY 1986 AS PART OF A GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE VTTS. RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE REPORT "GEOCHEMISTRY OF WATERS IN THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES REGION; ALASKA" BY TERRY KEITH ET AL. (JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH; 49 (1992) 209231). FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT KATM; P.O. BOX 7; KING SALMON AK 99613; TEL (907)2463305. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY SHAWNDRA MAWHORTER; NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525; TEL (970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 19030204
LatitudeMeasure 58.2660000000
LongitudeMeasure -155.1630000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 164
ProviderName STORET