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Rebel Yell Cave in Stones River National Battlefield (11NPSWRD_WQX-STRI_L1_RYCAVE) 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 "Rebel Yell Cave in Stones River National Battlefield" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-STRI_L1_RYCAVE. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05130203.

This site is located in Rutherford County County, Tennessee at 35.8711111000 degrees latitude and -86.4313889000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 570 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-STRI_L1_RYCAVE" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2001 - 2001
*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-STRI_L1_RYCAVE
MonitoringLocationName Rebel Yell Cave in Stones River National Battlefield
MonitoringLocationTypeName Cave
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Rebel Yell Cave (USGS site number 355216086255301) is located in the main unit of the National Battlefield near the historic trace of McFadden's Lane. The cave is approximately 5 feet in diameter at land surface, approximately 25 feet deep, and often dry except during wetter periods. The surrounding area is wooded. The Murfreesboro Old City Dump is located between the main section of the National Battlefield and Redoubt Brannon. Dye trace results identified direct subsurface connections between sinkholes near the Old City Dump and Rebel Yell Cave.
HUCEightDigitCode 05130203
LatitudeMeasure 35.8711111000
LongitudeMeasure -86.4313889000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 570
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 149
ProviderName STORET