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Puncheoncamp Fork of Williams Creek at Mouth (11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_PU-1) 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 "Puncheoncamp Fork of Williams Creek at Mouth" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_PU-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05130104.

This site is located in Scott County County, Tennessee at 36.5768611000 degrees latitude and -84.5976389000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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_NPS_PU-1" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1983 - 1984
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1982 - 1984
Organics, Other 1982 - 1984
Physical 1982 - 1984
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_PU-1
MonitoringLocationName Puncheoncamp Fork of Williams Creek at Mouth
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is located at the mouth of the Puncheoncamp Fork of Williams Creek in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Station is on the Oneida North TNKY USGS 7.5' quadrangle. This station was part of a study conducted by the National Park Service from November 1982 through October 1984 to evaluate stream water quality; identify polluted streams; locate major sources of pollution; and determine background levels of water quality in unaffected streams for Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The results are documented in a report entitled "Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Water Quality Report 19821984" Water Resources Report 867 by Michael Rikard; Sam Kunkle; and Juliette Wilson published in August 1986. The data were uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker of the National Park Service Water Resources Division 9702253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 05130104
LatitudeMeasure 36.5768611000
LongitudeMeasure -84.5976389000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 151
ProviderName STORET