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Buffalo River at Ponca (11NPSWRD_WQX-BUFF_MOTT_R02) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Buffalo River at Ponca" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BUFF_MOTT_R02. 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 36.0208333000 degrees latitude and -93.3541667000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1020.34 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

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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

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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-BUFF_MOTT_R02
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo River at Ponca
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located on the Buffalo River at Ponca above the old low water bridge about 100 meters upstream from the Highway 74 Buffalo River Bridge just upstream from the confluence with Ponca Creek at the northern end of Boxley Valley. Station is within Buffalo National River and can be found on the Ponca 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: 05NPS002. The data stored here 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. For additional information contact David Mott at Buffalo National River Resource Management; P.O. Box 1173 Harrison AR 72602 (tel. 5017415443).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 11010005
LatitudeMeasure 36.0208333000
LongitudeMeasure -93.3541667000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1020.34
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET