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Upper Road Prong (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0234) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Upper Road Prong" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0234. 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 35.6097943600 degrees latitude and -83.4504291700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5044 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_F_0234" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1993 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2014
Not Assigned 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 1993 - 2014
Physical 1993 - 2014
*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_F_0234
MonitoringLocationName Upper Road Prong
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stream System: West Prong Little Pigeon Stream Order: 1 UTMX=278028; UTMY=3943220 Other: From original park report: Route 7 - Road Prong. Site 234 (Old Site 49E) - Road Prong at 5000 ft. - use altimeter to locate - this site is about 200 yards from the parking area - you will hear the stream on your right then see it as it approaches the trail - Clingmans Dome Quad. - this site will be collected by group 24 as long as Trout Unlimited is collecting the lower sites on this route.
HUCEightDigitCode 06010107
LatitudeMeasure 35.6097943600
LongitudeMeasure -83.4504291700
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5044
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 155
ProviderName STORET