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200m above park boundary (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_BAC_LEC_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 "200m above park boundary" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_BAC_LEC_1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010107.

This site is located in Sevier County County, Tennessee at 35.6993000000 degrees latitude and -83.5101000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2543 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-GRSM_BAC_LEC_1" 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*
Microbiological 2005 - 2007
*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-GRSM_BAC_LEC_1
MonitoringLocationName 200m above park boundary
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Park on Roaring Fork Rd at Park boundary. Up Twin Creeks Trail 200 yards above cabins to manway on right side of trail moving downslope to stream. Sample is collected at bottom of downslope at stream. Additional alternative Location_ID= GRSM_F_0026
HUCEightDigitCode 06010107
LatitudeMeasure 35.6993000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.5101000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2543
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 155
ProviderName STORET