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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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E FORK VIRGIN R ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH N FORK (11NPSWRD_WQX-ZION_EPA_VR5) 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 "E FORK VIRGIN R ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH N FORK" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ZION_EPA_VR5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15010008.

This site is located in Washington County County, Utah at 37.1616667000 degrees latitude and -113.0146111000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3780 ft 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-ZION_EPA_VR5" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Organics, Other 1976 - 1976
Organics, PCBs 1976 - 1976
Physical 1976 - 1976
*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-ZION_EPA_VR5
MonitoringLocationName E FORK VIRGIN R ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH N FORK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SPRINGDALE WEST UTAH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS ON THE EAST FORK VIRGIN RIVER ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH NORTH FORK VIRGIN RIVER. DATA FOR THIS SITE ARE FROM THE 1976 REPORT "VIRGIN RIVER STUDY" BY ROBERT L. FOX AND RONALD M. EDDY EPA REGION 8. THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS DATA FOR ADDITIONAL STATIONS NOT UPLOADED. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DAN COHAN ZION NP RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (801)7720213 SPRINGDALE UT 84767. DATA PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY J. CHRIS ECHOHAWK NPSWRD FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80525. PH.(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 15010008
LatitudeMeasure 37.1616667000
LongitudeMeasure -113.0146111000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3780
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET