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Roaring Paunch Creek 100m Upstream of Hwy. 742 (11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_RP-3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Roaring Paunch Creek 100m Upstream of Hwy. 742" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_RP-3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05130104.

This site is located in Mccreary County County, Kentucky at 36.6675556000 degrees latitude and -84.4947222000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_RP-3" 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.

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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, Major, Non-metals 1983 - 1984
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1982 - 1984
Microbiological 1983 - 1984
Organics, Other 1982 - 1984
Physical 1982 - 1984
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISO_NPS_RP-3
MonitoringLocationName Roaring Paunch Creek 100m Upstream of Hwy. 742
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is located on Roaring Paunch Creek 100 meters upstream of Highway 742 outside the boundary of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Station is on the Whitley City KY USGS 7.5' quad. This station was part of a study conducted by the National Park Service from November 1982 through October 1984 to evaluate stream water quality; identify polluted streams; locate major sources of pollution; and determine background levels of water quality in unaffected streams for Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The results are documented in a report entitled "Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Water Quality Report 19821984" Water Resources Report 867 by Michael Rikard; Sam Kunkle; and Juliette Wilson published in August 1986. The data were uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker of the National Park Service Water Resources Division 9702253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 05130104
LatitudeMeasure 36.6675556000
LongitudeMeasure -84.4947222000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 147
ProviderName STORET