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Lake Outlet (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_2A) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Lake Outlet" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_2A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10070001.

This site is located in Teton County County, Wyoming at 44.5547527800 degrees latitude and -110.3850805560 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2376 m 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-YELL_2A" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 1976 - 2013
Biological, Fish 1976 - 2013
Information 1976 - 2013
Physical 1976 - 2013
*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-YELL_2A
MonitoringLocationName Lake Outlet
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site 2A: Lake Outlet. Start just west of Yellowstone River outlet by old sewage hut (small brown building on shore in small patch of trees) and work west toward Ranger Station and convenience store. These nets get hit hard by the wind so make sure you have enough weight attached, small 5lbs. won't do the trick. 548839 Easting 4933675 Northing
HUCEightDigitCode 10070001
LatitudeMeasure 44.5547527800
LongitudeMeasure -110.3850805560
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2376
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET