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GARTON LAKE WELL (11NPSWRD_WQX-WHSA_USAF_GW) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This well site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "GARTON LAKE WELL" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-WHSA_USAF_GW. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13050003.

This site is located in Otero County County, New Mexico at 32.7752222000 degrees latitude and -106.1453056000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4000 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-WHSA_USAF_GW" 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 1964 - 1964
*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-WHSA_USAF_GW
MonitoringLocationName GARTON LAKE WELL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE GARTON LAKE NEW MEXICO ORTERO CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT THE ARTESIAN WELL THAT FORMED AND SUPPLIES GARTON LAKE IN WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT (WHSA). LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE VALUES FOR THIS SITE WERE OBTAINED BY DIGITIZING THE WELL AT THE LAKE. THE DATA FOR THIS SITE ARE FROM THE JUNE 20 1980 REPORT "HYDROLOGIC EVALUATION OF GARTON LAKE WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT NEW MEXICO" BY FORREST R. SPRESTER (P.E.; CAPT; USAF; BSC) AND USAF HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; HOLLOMAN AFB; NEW MEXICO. THE RATE AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE INCOMING FLOW HAVE DECREASED SINCE 1937. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPORT WAS TO "DEFINE THE POTENTIAL OF AIR FORCE ACTIVITIES FOR POLLUTING GARTON LAKE" (PAGE 1). FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES AT WHSA; PO BOX 1086 HOLLOMAN AFB; NM 88330. TEL(505)4796124. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY KELLI O'CONNOR; NPSWRD; FORT COLLINS CO 80525. TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/WELL
HUCEightDigitCode 13050003
LatitudeMeasure 32.7752222000
LongitudeMeasure -106.1453056000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4000
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET