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Yellowstone Lake Shoreline KM 18 (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_YSL_018) 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 Shoreline KM 18" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_YSL_018. 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 44.4151631000 degrees latitude and -110.5687369000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2376 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_YSL_018" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2010 - 2010
Biological, Fish 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 2010
*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_YSL_018
MonitoringLocationName Yellowstone Lake Shoreline KM 18
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is located in the West Thumb portion of Yellowstone Lake. It is on the western shoreline approximately 4 km from the West Thumb Geyser basin.
HUCEightDigitCode 10070001
LatitudeMeasure 44.4151631000
LongitudeMeasure -110.5687369000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2376
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET