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Echo Valley Spg (Big Chalybeate)-343231093012801 (11NPSWRD_WQX-HOSP_USGS_S5) 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 "Echo Valley Spg (Big Chalybeate)-343231093012801" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-HOSP_USGS_S5. 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 34.5420278000 degrees latitude and -93.0243333000 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_USGS_S5" 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 1972 - 1972
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1972 - 1972
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1972 - 1972
Nutrient 1972 - 1972
Organics, Other 1972 - 1972
Physical 1972 - 1972
*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_USGS_S5
MonitoringLocationName Echo Valley Spg (Big Chalybeate)-343231093012801
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is a coldwater spring named Echo Valley Spring (Big Chalybeate) located near Hot Springs National Park. The station can be found on the Hot Springs North 7.5' U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic quadrangle. Data stored with station originate from a 1974 USGS Open File Report entitled "The Waters of Hot Springs National Park Arkansas Their Origin; Nature; and Management" by M.S. Bedinger; F.J. Pearson Jr.; J.E. Reed; R.T. Sniegocki; and C.G. Stone. The USGS station number for this station is: 343231093012801. Data were processed and uploaded to STORET by the National Park Service; Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Drive Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525; Tel. 9702253516; Fax. 9702259965.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 08040101
LatitudeMeasure 34.5420278000
LongitudeMeasure -93.0243333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET