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Firehole River (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_NF_FR) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Firehole River" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_NF_FR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020007.

This site is located in Teton County County, Wyoming at 44.6177778000 degrees latitude and -110.8573333000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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_NF_FR" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1987 - 1987
Microbiological 1987 - 1987
Physical 1987 - 1987
*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_NF_FR
MonitoringLocationName Firehole River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located on the Lower Geyser Basin WY 7.5 minute U.S. Geological Survey (topographic) quadrangle in Yellowstone National Park. The data appear in the 1991 article "Survey of Pathogenic Naegleria fowleri and Thermotolerant Amebas in Federal Recreation Waters" by J.L. Detterline and W.E. Wilhelm in Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 110(3):244261. The authors are with the Memphis State University Department of Biology. Samples were collected from 59 sites by managers of federal recreation waters across the United States during September and October 1987. The samples were processed for the pathogenic ameboflagellate Naegleria fowleri. Recently disturbed environments had a significant effect on the occurrence of N. fowleri. Exact sample sites were unavailable so lat/lon coordinates were chosen for the most likely sample locations. Specific dates were also unavailable. All samples were assigned a date of 09/30/1987. Data were uploaded to STORET by the NPS Water Resources Division; Fort Collins CO 80525 (Tel. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 10020007
LatitudeMeasure 44.6177778000
LongitudeMeasure -110.8573333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET