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Gallatin Lake Headwaters of Gallatin River NW YNP (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_LS_5000_53) 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 "Gallatin Lake Headwaters of Gallatin River NW YNP" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_LS_5000_53. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020008.

This site is located in Park County County, Wyoming at 44.8559300000 degrees latitude and -110.8826900000 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_5000_53" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1979 - 1979
Nutrient 1979 - 1979
Organics, Other 1979 - 1979
Physical 1979 - 1979
*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_5000_53
MonitoringLocationName Gallatin Lake Headwaters of Gallatin River NW YNP
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ELEVATION (m)= 820.5 CAPACITY (m cubed)= 435280 DRAINAGE AREA (ha)= 60.7 SURFACE AREA (ha)= 7.9 AVERAGE DEPTH (m)=5.51 MAX DEPTH (m)= 14.3 0 FISH; UNOFFICIAL STOCKING, BUT APPARENTLY IT HAS RETURNED TO FISHLESS STATE.Legacy Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKELegacy Major Basin: MISSOURILegacy Minor Basin: UPPER MISSOURI
HUCEightDigitCode 10020008
LatitudeMeasure 44.8559300000
LongitudeMeasure -110.8826900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET