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Upper Armstrong Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-NCPN_NABR_UAS) 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 "Upper Armstrong Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-NCPN_NABR_UAS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14070001.

This site is located in San Juan County County, Utah at 37.6026310000 degrees latitude and -110.0110875800 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1842 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_NABR_UAS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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 2013 - 2023
Biological, Plants 2013 - 2023
Information 2012 - 2023
Microbiological 2012 - 2012
Not Assigned 2013 - 2023
Physical 2012 - 2023
*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-NCPN_NABR_UAS
MonitoringLocationName Upper Armstrong Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Spring Orifice: Many drips from ~45 m long backwall. Water seeps through the colluvial slope and has diffuse flow over sloping bedrock down to channel. || Channel: Hanging garden has developed in alcove underneath a pourover in the channel bottom. Bedrock channel continues to Armstrong Canyon, but spring flow only trickles to base of alcove. || Aquifer Type: Sandstone || Geologic Unit: Cedar Mesa SS || Geomorphic Surfaces: (1) BW1 of type 'Backwall' comprising 29m^2 of the sample site; (2) BW2 of type 'Backwall' comprising 47m^2 of the sample site; (3) CS of type 'Colluvial Slope' comprising 138m^2 of the sample site; (4) SB1 of type 'Sloping Bedrock' comprising 34m^2 of the sample site; (5) SB2 of type 'Sloping Bedrock' comprising 24m^2 of the sample site; (6) Total site area: 272m^2
HUCEightDigitCode 14070001
LatitudeMeasure 37.6026310000
LongitudeMeasure -110.0110875800
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1842
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET