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Buffalo Creek Spring (11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_HESS_BSBC) 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 "Buffalo Creek Spring" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_HESS_BSBC. 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 37.2027976100 degrees latitude and -86.1939993000 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_HESS_BSBC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Physical 1971 - 1971
*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-MACA_HESS_BSBC
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo Creek Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station was at Buffalo Creek Spring. The Buffalo Spring karst groundwater basin (32.9 km2) is the only large perennial watershed that is virtually contained within park boundaries (27.6 km2). This basin and Mile 205.7 Spring serve as natural controls against which to compare more impacted sites. Although the Buffalo Creek drainage basin has been devoid of gross human-derived impacts since the 1950's, and water quality trends at this site should reflect near pristine conditions, an increase in the amount of back-country use may impact water quality.
HUCEightDigitCode 05110001
LatitudeMeasure 37.2027976100
LongitudeMeasure -86.1939993000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET