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Cholla Spring #2 near Tonto N.M. Well (11NPSWRD_WQX-TONT_NPS_DRY) 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 "Cholla Spring #2 near Tonto N.M. Well" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-TONT_NPS_DRY. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15060103.

This site is located in Gila County County, Arizona at 33.6455833000 degrees latitude and -111.1111944000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2720 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-TONT_NPS_DRY" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1980 - 1980
*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-TONT_NPS_DRY
MonitoringLocationName Cholla Spring #2 near Tonto N.M. Well
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located in Tonto National Monument on the Windy Hill AZ 7.5' U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle. Data were collected at this site by William B. Reed of the National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division in September 1980 and are on file with that office. This spring ceased to maintain a significant flow during a regional drought in the 1960s. By March of 1962 this spring was no longer used by the park's water system. In January of 1963 a well was drilled at this site to become part of the park's water system. This spring is not known to have flowed since the drilling of the well. In fact the spring wasn't found during a search by Reed in September 1980. The land surface around the well has been altered by filling and leveling either during road construction or when the well and pumphouse were built. A local depression near the well could have been the spring site. Data uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker; NPS Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Dr. Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525; Tel. 9702253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 15060103
LatitudeMeasure 33.6455833000
LongitudeMeasure -111.1111944000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2720
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 04
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET