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Buffalo River at Wilderness Boundary (11NPSWRD_WQX-BUFF_MOTT_R01) 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 "Buffalo River at Wilderness Boundary" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BUFF_MOTT_R01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010005.

This site is located in Newton County County, Arkansas at 35.9430556000 degrees latitude and -93.4055556000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1138.45 ft No vertical 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-BUFF_MOTT_R01" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1989 - 1989
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1989 - 1989
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1989 - 1989
Microbiological 1989 - 1989
Nutrient 1989 - 1989
Physical 1989 - 1989
*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-BUFF_MOTT_R01
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo River at Wilderness Boundary
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located on the Buffalo River at the Wilderness boundary at the south end of Boxley Valley west of the Luallen Farm 1.1 miles upriver from the Highway 21 Bridge. Station is within Buffalo National River and can be found on the Boxley 7.5' USGS quadrangle. This station coincides with the Buffalo National River routineongoing monitoring station maintained by the National Park Service and referenced by STORET primary number: 05NPS001. The data stored under this particular station were collected in 1989 as part of David Mott's University of Arkansas Master's Thesis entitled: "Effects of Cattle Pasture Runoff on the Water Chemistry of the Buffalo River; Boxley Valley; Arkansas" (1990). All data stored at this station were collected during significant rainfallrunoff events to measure the impact of nonpoint source pollution on the water chemistry of the river. For additional information contact David Mott Buffalo National River P.O. Box 1173 Harrison AR 72602 (tel. 5017415443).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 11010005
LatitudeMeasure 35.9430556000
LongitudeMeasure -93.4055556000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1138.45
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET