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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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Oak Tree Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-PINN_L1_OAK) 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 "Oak Tree Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PINN_L1_OAK. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18060005.

This site is located in San Benito County County, California at 36.4889000000 degrees latitude and -121.2056000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1480 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-PINN_L1_OAK" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Not Assigned 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
Radiochemical 2006 - 2006
Stable Isotopes 2006 - 2006
*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-PINN_L1_OAK
MonitoringLocationName Oak Tree Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Oak Tree Spring is located in Juniper Canyon on the west side of Pinnacles National Monument, CA. The spring is located about 1600 feet southeast from the trail head near the Chaparral Ranger Station and 155 feet northwest from where the trail crosses the stream. An old concrete spring cistern (approximately 6 feet X 6 feet X 4 feet) built by the Civilian Conservation Corps is located in dense brush about 30 feet east from the trail. When sampled, the spring cistern flowed through a 1.25inch pipe to the land surface. The USGS Site ID is 363028121105801and is named OAK TREE SPRING.
HUCEightDigitCode 18060005
LatitudeMeasure 36.4889000000
LongitudeMeasure -121.2056000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1480
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET