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Lilypad Lake SW YNP 7 Km from Bechler Ranger Station (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_LS_4011_51) 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 "Lilypad Lake SW YNP 7 Km from Bechler Ranger Station" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_LS_4011_51. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17040203.

This site is located in Teton County County, Wyoming at 44.1671800000 degrees latitude and -111.0099800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_LS_4011_51" 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*
Information 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Nutrient 1976 - 1976
Organics, Other 1976 - 1976
Physical 1976 - 1976
*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_LS_4011_51
MonitoringLocationName Lilypad Lake SW YNP 7 Km from Bechler Ranger Station
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ELEVATION (m)= 1957 CAPACITY (m cubed)= 677395 DRAINAGE AREA (ha)= 136 SURFACE AREA (ha)= 23.5 AVERAGE DEPTH (m)= 2.9 MAX DEPTH (m)= 7.9 0 FISH; 4,400 CUTTHROAT STOCKED IN 1936, BACK TO ORIGINAL FISHLESS STATE, PERHAPS DUE TO SHALLOW DEPTH AND LACK OF SPAWNING HABITAT.Legacy Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKELegacy Major Basin: PACIFIC NWLegacy Minor Basin: UPPER SNAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 17040203
LatitudeMeasure 44.1671800000
LongitudeMeasure -111.0099800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET