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Spring Creek Spring - Carter (11NPSWRD_WQX-OZAR_SP_SPRCRSP) 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 "Spring Creek Spring - Carter" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-OZAR_SP_SPRCRSP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010008.

This site is located in Carter County County, Missouri at 36.8294422200 degrees latitude and -90.9457569400 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 385 ft No vertical 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-OZAR_SP_SPRCRSP" 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*
Microbiological 2012 - 2013
Physical 2012 - 2013
*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-OZAR_SP_SPRCRSP
MonitoringLocationName Spring Creek Spring - Carter
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is located 8 m (25 ft) upstream of mouth and 3 m (10 ft) downstream of first beaver dam. Another beaver dam is located 7 m (20 ft) upstream of the first dam. Beaver dams back water all the way back up to spring source. These dams appear to have been in place for a considerable amount of time. There is no readily visible spring orifice. Substrate throughout branch is mainly silt with small patches of gravel. Both banks are steep and comprised of soil. Spring branch is 1 m (3 ft) wide at sample site. UTM taken by Garmin 62S is 15 S 0683197, 4077923
HUCEightDigitCode 11010008
LatitudeMeasure 36.8294422200
LongitudeMeasure -90.9457569400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 385
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET