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Old Faithful-Snowmelt Runoff (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_WU003.0M) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This land runoff site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Old Faithful-Snowmelt Runoff" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_WU003.0M. 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 44.4582181600 degrees latitude and -110.8313609000 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_WU003.0M" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Organics, Other 2003 - 2004
Physical 2003 - 2004
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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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-YELL_WU003.0M
MonitoringLocationName Old Faithful-Snowmelt Runoff
MonitoringLocationTypeName Land Runoff
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is located on the west side of the parking lot and near the Old Faithful ranger station. The water is collected from a storm drain that drains the parking lot and is found on the north side of the culvert that crosses the small stream/marsh that passes just west of the Old Faithful area. Samples from the Old Faithful area were collected from water flowing through a culvert that captured melt water drained from a large portion of a paved parking lot near the Old Faithful Visitor Center. This culvert directs the melt water into Myriad Creek whose confluence with the Firehole River is approximately 400 meters north of the sample site.
HUCEightDigitCode 10020007
LatitudeMeasure 44.4582181600
LongitudeMeasure -110.8313609000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET