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CRESCENT SPRING (11NPSWRD_WQX-MOJA_MH_13) 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 "CRESCENT SPRING" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MOJA_MH_13. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16060015.

This site is located in Clark County County, Nevada at 35.4788056000 degrees latitude and -115.1795000000 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-MOJA_MH_13" 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*
Physical 1916 - 1916
*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-MOJA_MH_13
MonitoringLocationName CRESCENT SPRING
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE CRESCENT PEAK; NVCLARK CO. 7.5' SERIES (TOPO.) QUADRANGLE. THE STATION IS AT CRESCENT SPRING AND IS NOT WITHIN MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE. THE DATA ARE FROM THE APPENDIX OF A REPORT TITLED "BACKGROUND TO HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC RESOURCES OF THE EAST MOJAVE DESERT REGION" (BLM CONTRACT NUMBER YA512CTG14). THE REPORT WAS WRITTEN BY CHESTER KING AND DENNIS CASEBIER; AND THE APPENDIX WAS COMPILED BY MATTHEW HALL. THE DATA FROM WERE ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY GERALD WARING AND WERE INCLUDED IN USGS WATERSUPPLY PAPER 450C. MATTHEW HALL CONVERTED THE ORIGINAL FLOW DATA FROM BARRELS PER DAY TO GALLONS PER HOUR. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES WERE ESTIMATED FROM TOWNSHIP AND RANGE DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN IN THE REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESERVE CONTACT MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE AT 222 EAST MAIN STREET; SUITE 202; BARSTOW; CA 92311; TEL. (619)2558726. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY RICH HENDERSON AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DR. STE. 250; FORT COLLINS; CO 80525; TEL. (970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 16060015
LatitudeMeasure 35.4788056000
LongitudeMeasure -115.1795000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET