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Polk Creek southwest of Black Springs, Arkansas (ARDEQH2O_WQX-OUA0163) 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 Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX), has the name "Polk Creek southwest of Black Springs, Arkansas" and has the identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-OUA0163. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08040102.

This site is located in Montgomery County County, Arkansas at 34.4259440000 degrees latitude and -93.7728550000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "ARDEQH2O_WQX-OUA0163" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2018
Microbiological 2016 - 2016
Nutrient 1999 - 2018
Organics, Other 1999 - 2018
Physical 1999 - 2018
*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 ARDEQH2O_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-OUA0163
MonitoringLocationName Polk Creek southwest of Black Springs, Arkansas
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 08040102
LatitudeMeasure 34.4259440000
LongitudeMeasure -93.7728550000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 097
ProviderName STORET