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Echo River Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_FP_ERES) 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 River Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_FP_ERES. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05110001.

This site is located in Edmonson County County, Kentucky at 37.1790541100 degrees latitude and -86.1086827600 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_FP_ERES" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Microbiological 1992 - 1993
Nutrient 1993 - 1993
Physical 1992 - 1993
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_FP_ERES
MonitoringLocationName Echo River Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station was at Echo River Spring. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 03308950 with the station name of Echo River Outlet at Mammoth Cave, KY. The Echo River karst groundwater basin, the type locality of the Kentucky Cave Shrimp, is almost entirely contained within park boundaries - 22.2 km2 of its 23.2 km2 are within the park. However, it does receive a large portion of its recharge from the adjacent Turnhole Spring basin (primarily agricultural lands) during periods of high flow. Research has allowed us to determine when, relative to stage condition, this overflow route is activated (Meiman and Ryan 1992). Water quality from this station is excellent during periods of low flow, but water quality is severely degraded during and immediately following high flow when the overflow route is active. There also exists a condition where if the stage of the Green is within 1.5-3 meters above base level, and the karst aquifer is in a stage of low discharge, a flow-reversal occurs. River water enters (at rates of over one cubic meter per second) River Styx Spring, flows into Mammoth Cave, and out Echo River Spring (total distance underground of about two kilometers). During these conditions, which occur for several weeks during the winter months), the recharge area of Echo River Spring is the entire Green River watershed upstream of River Styx Spring. Water quality signatures are obvious in low flow, overflow, and flow reversal states.
HUCEightDigitCode 05110001
LatitudeMeasure 37.1790541100
LongitudeMeasure -86.1086827600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET