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End of B Survey, Near Crystal Cave Entrance (11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_P&P_21) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This cave site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "End of B Survey, Near Crystal Cave Entrance" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MACA_P&P_21. 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 37.2120290000 degrees latitude and -86.0541240000 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_P&P_21" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1985 - 1985
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1985 - 1985
Physical 1985 - 1985
*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_P&P_21
MonitoringLocationName End of B Survey, Near Crystal Cave Entrance
MonitoringLocationTypeName Cave
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station was at End of B Survey, near Crystal Cave entrance. The end of B Survey was near the Crystal Cave entrance, left of Floyd. The site has a small amount of seepage entering through sandstone cap-rock. This was Palmer and Palmer's 1999 correspondence Site No. 21.
HUCEightDigitCode 05110001
LatitudeMeasure 37.2120290000
LongitudeMeasure -86.0541240000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET