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Buffalo Lake Base of Madison Plateau SW YNP (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_LS_4011_52) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Buffalo Lake Base of Madison Plateau SW YNP" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_LS_4011_52. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17040203.

This site is located in Fremont County County, Idaho at 44.3293100000 degrees latitude and -111.0741800000 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_LS_4011_52" 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.

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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*
Information 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Nutrient 1976 - 1976
Organics, Other 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-YELL_LS_4011_52
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo Lake Base of Madison Plateau SW YNP
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ELEVATION (m)= 2347 CAPACITY (m cubed)= 157349 DRAINAGE AREA (ha)= 255.8 SURFACE AREA (ha)= 8.1 AVERAGE DEPTH (m)= 1.9 MAX DEPTH (m)= 4.9 0 FISH; NO STOCKING RECORDS, MOST DILUTE LAKE SAMPLED TO DATE, DOUBTFUL FISH HABITAT.Legacy Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKELegacy Major Basin: PACIFIC NWLegacy Minor Basin: UPPER SNAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 17040203
LatitudeMeasure 44.3293100000
LongitudeMeasure -111.0741800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET