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Yellowstone Lake near Signal Pt., Yellowstone National Park (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_YL001.0M) 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 "Yellowstone Lake near Signal Pt., Yellowstone National Park" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_YL001.0M. 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 44.4188700500 degrees latitude and -110.3041022100 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2356 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_YL001.0M" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Information 2002 - 2013
Physical 2002 - 2013
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_YL001.0M
MonitoringLocationName Yellowstone Lake near Signal Pt., Yellowstone National Park
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is located on the eastern half of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Lake is the largest high elevation lake in the lower 48 states and can reach depths of more than 100 meters. Water depth at this site averages about 80 meters. Yellowstone Lake is home to the largest Yellowstone cutthroat trout population in the country. Yellowstone River is the major tributary to the lake, which originates south of the park in Teton National Forest.
HUCEightDigitCode 10070001
LatitudeMeasure 44.4188700500
LongitudeMeasure -110.3041022100
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2356
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET