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TAIYA TRIBUTARY (11NPSWRD_WQX-KLGO_EI_TT) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "TAIYA TRIBUTARY" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KLGO_EI_TT. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19010303.

This site is located in Skagway Municipality County, Alaska at 59.6486111000 degrees latitude and -135.2708333000 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-KLGO_EI_TT" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Nutrient 1993 - 1993
Physical 1993 - 1993
*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-KLGO_EI_TT
MonitoringLocationName TAIYA TRIBUTARY
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SKAGWAY (C1) NW ALASKA 1:63360 SCALE SERIES TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT A STREAM AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON A TRIBUTARY OF THE TAIYA RIVER. THE DATA ARE FROM U.S.F.S. REPORT R10TP48 "ECOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND ADJACENT NATIONAL FOREST LANDS" BY S.J. PAUSTIAN; S.J. TRULL; R.A. FOSTER; N.D. ATWOOD; B.J. KRIECKHAUS; AND J.R. RICKERS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1994. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES AT KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK; P.O. BOX 517; SKAGWAY AK 99840. TEL(907)9832921. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY KRISTIE MACZKO AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525. TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 19010303
LatitudeMeasure 59.6486111000
LongitudeMeasure -135.2708333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 230
ProviderName STORET