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Mississippi River (OST_SHPD-NRSA0809-MO086) 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 USEPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division (identifier OST_SHPD), has the name "Mississippi River" and has the identifier OST_SHPD-NRSA0809-MO086. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08010100.

This site is located in Pemiscot County County, Missouri at 36.0218100000 degrees latitude and -89.6935300000 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 "OST_SHPD-NRSA0809-MO086" 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, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Organics, BDEs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Other 2008 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2008 - 2008
*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 OST_SHPD
OrganizationFormalName USEPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OST_SHPD-NRSA0809-MO086
MonitoringLocationName Mississippi River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText {"epa_region": "7", "stream_order": "8+", "site_type": "Non-urban"}
HUCEightDigitCode 08010100
LatitudeMeasure 36.0218100000
LongitudeMeasure -89.6935300000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 155
ProviderName STORET