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Courthouse Wash 5 (11NPSWRD_WQX-NCPN_ARCH_CW5) 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 "Courthouse Wash 5" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-NCPN_ARCH_CW5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14030005.

This site is located in Grand County County, Utah at 38.7079176000 degrees latitude and -109.5954560300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1343 m No vertical 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-NCPN_ARCH_CW5" 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*
Biological, Fish 2018 - 2023
Biological, Plants 2018 - 2023
Information 2018 - 2023
Not Assigned 2018 - 2023
Physical 2018 - 2023
*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-NCPN_ARCH_CW5
MonitoringLocationName Courthouse Wash 5
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Spring Orifice: There is an extensive seeping and dripping backwall and steep colluvial slope in an alcove. At the base of the alcove is a 5m2 pool with a short ~15m section of channelized flow. About 100m downslope from the backwall there is a steep drop down to the canyon bottom. Riparian vegetation in the canyon bottom connects to Courthouse Wash. The small section of the hanging garden monitored for vegetation is on the western side up gradient of the pool. || Channel: A short, ~15m section of channelized flow occurs at the base of the upper colluvial slope. || Aquifer Type: Sandstone || Geologic Unit: Moab Member Curtis Fm || Geomorphic Surfaces: (1) BW of type 'Backwall' comprising 32m^2 of the sample site; (2) CS of type 'Colluvial Slope' comprising 21m^2 of the sample site; (3) Total site area: 53m^2
HUCEightDigitCode 14030005
LatitudeMeasure 38.7079176000
LongitudeMeasure -109.5954560300
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1343
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET