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Guy Sandy Creek near Lake of the Arbuckles (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIC_NPS_GS2) 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 "Guy Sandy Creek near Lake of the Arbuckles" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIC_NPS_GS2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11130303.

This site is located in Murray County County, Oklahoma at 34.4854444000 degrees latitude and -97.0295278000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 875 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-CHIC_NPS_GS2" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Nutrient 1987 - 1994
Organics, Other 1987 - 1994
Physical 1987 - 1994
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIC_NPS_GS2
MonitoringLocationName Guy Sandy Creek near Lake of the Arbuckles
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located on the Dougherty Okla. 7.5' USGS quadrangle in Township/Range/Section: T1S/R3E/7. Station is known as Guy Sandy Creek Site 2 and is located at the last accessible site before the creek enters the Guy Sandy Arm of Lake of the Arbuckles. Data were collected at this station as part of a water quality monitoring program maintained by the Resource Management staff at Chickasaw National Recreation Area from 19871994. For additional information on the station and the data stored in STORET; contact: Chickasaw National Recreation Area; P.O. Box 201; Sulphur OK 73086. Data processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker; National Park Service Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Dr. Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525 (tel. 9702253516; fax. 9702259965).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 11130303
LatitudeMeasure 34.4854444000
LongitudeMeasure -97.0295278000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 875
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 40
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET