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Buffalo River near Boxley, AR (USGS-07055646) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Arkansas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AR), has the name "Buffalo River near Boxley, AR" and has the identifier USGS-07055646. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 57.4 sq mi.

This site is located in Newton County County, Arkansas at 35.93888889000000 degrees latitude and -93.4050000000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 10 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 1142.04 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .18 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-07055646" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2002 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2009 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 2002 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2015
Biological, Fish 2009 - 2009
Information 1993 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1993 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 2015
Microbiological 1993 - 2010
Nutrient 1993 - 2019
Organics, Other 1993 - 2015
Organics, PCBs 1993 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1993 - 2010
Physical 1993 - 2019
Radiochemical 1993 - 1995
Sediment 1993 - 2014
*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 USGS-AR
OrganizationFormalName USGS Arkansas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-07055646
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo River near Boxley, AR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 11010005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 57.4
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 35.93888889000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.4050000000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1142.04
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .18
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 101
ProviderName NWIS