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Roaring Paunch Creek at Barthell, KY (11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_13) 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 "Roaring Paunch Creek at Barthell, KY" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_13. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05130104.

This site is located in Mccreary County County, Kentucky at 36.6878800000 degrees latitude and -84.5274700000 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-BISO_13" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Information 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Microbiological 2009 - 2022
Not Assigned 2017 - 2022
Nutrient 2009 - 2022
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2022
*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-BISO_13
MonitoringLocationName Roaring Paunch Creek at Barthell, KY
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Poor biological health but supports rare crayfish. Oil and gas exploration and extraction and coal mining. Recently removed from KY 303d list for siltation and low pH from resource extraction.
HUCEightDigitCode 05130104
LatitudeMeasure 36.6878800000
LongitudeMeasure -84.5274700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 147
ProviderName STORET