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HISTORIC SPRING-UPPER (11NPSWRD_WQX-LEWI_NPS_HIUP) 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 "HISTORIC SPRING-UPPER" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-LEWI_NPS_HIUP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17080006.

This site is located in Clatsop County County, Oregon at 46.1350000000 degrees latitude and -123.8773333000 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-LEWI_NPS_HIUP" 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*
Physical 1995 - 1995
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-LEWI_NPS_HIUP
MonitoringLocationName HISTORIC SPRING-UPPER
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE WARRENTON OREG.WASH. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE AND LIES WITHIN FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL. A CREEK BEGINS IN WETLANDS WITHIN THE MEMORIAL; FLOWS SOUTH EAST; SUBMERSES IN SEDIMENTS AND THEN SURFACES AS HISTORIC SPRING. WHEN CREEK FLOWS ARE RELATIVELY HIGH; THE UNDERGROUND CHANNEL CANNOT HOLD ALL THE WATER AND OVERLAND FLOW OCCURS. SAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM THIS OVERLAND FLOW JUST UPSTREAM FROM HISTORIC SPRING. THE DATA WERE COLLECTED BY PARK PERSONNEL FOR COMPARISON WITH SAMPLES TAKEN FOR THE 1998 REPORT "BASELINE WATER QUALITY INVENTORYFORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL;" BY G.L.LARSON AND D.A. EK; TECHNICAL REPORT NPS/CCSOOSU/ NRTR98/12. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL; ROUTE 3 BOX 604FC; ASTORIA; OR 97103; PH. (503)8612471. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY ERIC LORD AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS; CO 80525; PH. (970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 17080006
LatitudeMeasure 46.1350000000
LongitudeMeasure -123.8773333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET