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Tarkio River (NARS_WQX-NRS_MO-10145) 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 EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS) (identifier NARS_WQX), has the name "Tarkio River" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-NRS_MO-10145. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10240005.

This site is located in Atchison County County, Missouri at 40.4728576000 degrees latitude and -95.3154112500 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 280.79 m 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 "NARS_WQX-NRS_MO-10145" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 2018 - 2018
Biological, Counts 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Nutrient 2018 - 2018
Organics, Other 2018 - 2018
Physical 2018 - 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 NARS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS_WQX-NRS_MO-10145
MonitoringLocationName Tarkio River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LargeStreams
HUCEightDigitCode 10240005
LatitudeMeasure 40.4728576000
LongitudeMeasure -95.3154112500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 280.79
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET