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Surprise Branch (11NPSWRD_WQX-OZAR_TR_SURPRS) 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 "Surprise Branch" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-OZAR_TR_SURPRS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010008.

This site is located in Shannon County County, Missouri at 37.2487305600 degrees latitude and -91.3267672200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 10 Sec. This site is at an elevation of 624 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_TR_SURPRS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

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*
Microbiological 2013 - 2015
Nutrient 2013 - 2015
Physical 2013 - 2015
*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-OZAR_TR_SURPRS
MonitoringLocationName Surprise Branch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sample site is 3 m (10 ft) upstream of foot trail crossing. Branch at site is 1 m (3 ft) wide with a silt substrate. Both banks are dirt with vegetation. Mouth of branch is 32 m (96 ft) downstream, entering river over the edge of a 1 m (3 ft) tall clay/silt bank. Spring that is source of this water is located at small bluff at base of hillside 300 m (900 ft) upstream of sample site. T30 R4 S36. UTM taken by Garmin 62S is R 15, 0648397 N, 4123778 (uncorrected)
HUCEightDigitCode 11010008
LatitudeMeasure 37.2487305600
LongitudeMeasure -91.3267672200
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Sec
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 624
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 203
ProviderName STORET