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Rain Gage at Wind Cave Visitor Center (11NPSWRD_WQX-WICA_PREC_VC) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This facility other site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Rain Gage at Wind Cave Visitor Center" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-WICA_PREC_VC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10120109.

This site is located in Custer County County, South Dakota at 43.5588083000 degrees latitude and -103.4783944000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4101 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-WICA_PREC_VC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Not Assigned 1940 - 2009
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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-WICA_PREC_VC
MonitoringLocationName Rain Gage at Wind Cave Visitor Center
MonitoringLocationTypeName Facility Other
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Rain Gage at Wind Cave National Park Headquarters. Note sometimes the data came from the Elk Mountain weather station or historical records. This is a NWS Cooperative Observer Program Station (39934704).
HUCEightDigitCode 10120109
LatitudeMeasure 43.5588083000
LongitudeMeasure -103.4783944000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4101
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET