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Crater Spring No. 2 at Source (11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_EA5S_CS2S) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Crater Spring No. 2 at Source" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CRLA_EA5S_CS2S. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17100307.

This site is located in Klamath County County, Oregon at 42.9998333000 degrees latitude and -122.2521000000 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-CRLA_EA5S_CS2S" 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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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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-CRLA_EA5S_CS2S
MonitoringLocationName Crater Spring No. 2 at Source
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site, Crater Spring No. 2 at Source, is the first spring on the right just off the Sphagnum Bog Trail in Crater Lake National Park. Flows from Crater Spring No. 2 and Crater Spring No. 1 merge approximately 100 yards downstream of their sources to form Crater Creek. The Crater Springs area is near the western border of the park near the junction of Bert Creek Trail and Bald Crater Loop Trail. The area is just to the west of the major portion of Sphagnum Bog. The Crater Springs area is accessed from the Rogue River National Forest, off Logging Road 6535. The headwaters of the spring is comprised of steep banks and basalt/andesite dominated the spring bed. The site is at an altitude of about 5300 feet.
HUCEightDigitCode 17100307
LatitudeMeasure 42.9998333000
LongitudeMeasure -122.2521000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET