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East Fork Little Chariton River near Macon, MO (USGS-06906200) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Missouri Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MO), has the name "East Fork Little Chariton River near Macon, MO" and has the identifier USGS-06906200. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10280203. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 112 sq mi.

This site is located in Macon County County, Missouri at 39.75144444000000 degrees latitude and -92.5189444000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 741.50 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .29 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-06906200" 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.

Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, Source: Esri

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 1971 - 1974
Biological, Fish 1971 - 1974
Information 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1971 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1971 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1971 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1979 - 1981
Microbiological 1971 - 1974
Nutrient 1971 - 1993
Organics, Other 1971 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1992 - 1993
Physical 1971 - 1993
Radiochemical 1979 - 1980
Sediment 1979 - 1981
*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-MO
OrganizationFormalName USGS Missouri Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06906200
MonitoringLocationName East Fork Little Chariton River near Macon, MO
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10280203
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 112
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 39.75144444000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.5189444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 741.50
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .29
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 121
ProviderName NWIS