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Big Iron Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-HOSP_SEN282_15) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Big Iron Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-HOSP_SEN282_15. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08040101.

This site is located in Garland County County, Arkansas at 34.5149167000 degrees latitude and -93.0530833000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal 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-HOSP_SEN282_15" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1901 - 1901
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1901 - 1901
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1901 - 1901
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1901 - 1901
Not Assigned 1901 - 1901
Nutrient 1900 - 1901
Organics, Other 1901 - 1901
Physical 1900 - 1901
*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-HOSP_SEN282_15
MonitoringLocationName Big Iron Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station was (is) known as Big Iron Spring and is located in Hot Springs National Park. The station can be found on the Hot Springs North 7.5' USGS topographic quadrangle. The location and data for this spring originate from a 1902 U.S. Senate Document (282) entitled The Hot Springs of Arkansas: Report of an Analysis of the Waters of the Hot Springs on the Hot Springs Reservation; Hot Springs; Garland County; Arkansas by J.K. Haywood (Head of USDA Laboratory of Insecticides and Agricultural Waters of the Bureau of Chemistry) and Walter Harvey Weed (USGS). Some of the spring numbers and names were given by J.K. Haywood and Martin Eisele an early Superintendent of Hot Springs National Park. Station is described as: Big Iron Spring "Not visible. Comes from under bottom of tufa cliff 5 to 6 feet below the present (1902) surface of the ground." Data uploaded by National Park Service Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Dr. Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525; Tel. 9702253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 08040101
LatitudeMeasure 34.5149167000
LongitudeMeasure -93.0530833000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET