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Green River at Bush Island (11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_BIGR) 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 "Green River at Bush Island" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_BIGR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05110001.

This site is located in Hart County County, Kentucky at 37.2477935900 degrees latitude and -86.0211251500 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-MACA_BIGR" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2005
Microbiological 2002 - 2019
Nutrient 2002 - 2019
Organics, Other 2002 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2005
Physical 2002 - 2019
*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-MACA_BIGR
MonitoringLocationName Green River at Bush Island
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site on the Green was established in July 2002 and is located directly upstream of the park's eastern boundary. The Green River within the park is on the USEPA 303d list due to high fecal coliform bacteria.
HUCEightDigitCode 05110001
LatitudeMeasure 37.2477935900
LongitudeMeasure -86.0211251500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET