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Ladera Arroyo (11NPSWRD_WQX-PETR_L1_LA) 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 "Ladera Arroyo" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PETR_L1_LA. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020203.

This site is located in Bernalillo County County, New Mexico at 35.1163889000 degrees latitude and -106.7330556000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5312 ft 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-PETR_L1_LA" 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 2005 - 2005
*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-PETR_L1_LA
MonitoringLocationName Ladera Arroyo
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Ladera Arroyo is ephemeral, flowing only after intense precipitation events. The arroyo trends southeast, originating on West Mesa, passing through Petroglyph National Monument, and emptying into the Rio Grande. An automated pump sampler was installed at this site, however, there was no sampleable flow during the study period. This arroyo is in an area of heavy urban development and this waterquality inventory provides baseline information. There are concerns about runoff and its affect on ephemeral pools, and how changes in effective capacity (or flow) of the drainages may alter other natural and cultural resources in the Petroglyph National Monument
HUCEightDigitCode 13020203
LatitudeMeasure 35.1163889000
LongitudeMeasure -106.7330556000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5312
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET