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Wilsons Creek Losing Point (11NPSWRD_WQX-WICR_SWRSE_WCLP) 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 "Wilsons Creek Losing Point" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-WICR_SWRSE_WCLP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010002.

This site is located in Greene County County, Missouri at 37.1464222000 degrees latitude and -93.3761423000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-WICR_SWRSE_WCLP" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2001
Microbiological 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2001 - 2001
Organics, Other 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2001
*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-WICR_SWRSE_WCLP
MonitoringLocationName Wilsons Creek Losing Point
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This is a generalized location; the exact location is unknown. Sampling points were chosen along a 2 kilometer stretch of Wilsons Creek between the Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant outfall and Rader Estavelle, at 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 the distance. This station is at a losing point on Wilsons Creek downstream of the outfall, 90 meters downstream of the West Farm Road 168 (West Rountree Road) Bridge, in Springfield, MO.
HUCEightDigitCode 11010002
LatitudeMeasure 37.1464222000
LongitudeMeasure -93.3761423000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET