Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STEWARDS >  ARS >  ARS-MOSR-MOSF0001

MOSF0001 (ARS-MOSR-MOSF0001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STEWARDS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This site, maintained by the Agricultural Research Service (identifier ARS), has the name "MOSF0001" and has the identifier ARS-MOSR-MOSF0001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07110006. This site has a drainage area of 58856 ha.

This site is located in Audrain County County, Missouri at 39.3261111012 degrees latitude and -91.833888899 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 "ARS-MOSR-MOSF0001" 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*
Nutrient 2005.0 - 2012.0
Organics, Pesticide 2005.0 - 2012.0
Sediment 2005.0 - 2012.0
*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 ARS
OrganizationFormalName Agricultural Research Service
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ARS-MOSR-MOSF0001
MonitoringLocationName MOSF0001
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is a stream gage site, installed and maintained by the USGS, located on the South Fork tributary of the Salt River at County Road 335 in Audrain County, MO, approximately 0.75 km SE from the intersection with State Route ZZ. The general legal description is SE ¼ SE ¼ sec. 31, T. 53 N, R. 8 W in Audrain County, MO. USGS site ID is 05504800. CSWQRU installed (2005) and maintains an autosampling instrument to collect water samples for water quality assessment. Methods used: CSWQ_FM04.1 - Automated Surface Water Sampling CSWQ_FM05 - Manual Surface Water Sampling CSWQ_FM09_USGS/e - Water Level Measurement obtained from USGS CSWQ_WQ* - Herbicide, nutrient, and sediment analyses
HUCEightDigitCode 07110006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 58856
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ha
LatitudeMeasure 39.3261111012
LongitudeMeasure -91.833888899
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STEWARDS