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Abrams at North Sparks crossing (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_BAC_ABC_SPARKS) 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 National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Abrams at North Sparks crossing" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_BAC_ABC_SPARKS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010204.

This site is located in Blount County County, Tennessee at 35.6041000000 degrees latitude and -83.7941000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1774 ft 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_BAC_ABC_SPARKS" 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 USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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*
Microbiological 2018 - 2020
Physical 2018 - 2020
*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-GRSM_BAC_ABC_SPARKS
MonitoringLocationName Abrams at North Sparks crossing
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Abrams Creek roughly 5 meters upstream of Sparks Lane Crossing
HUCEightDigitCode 06010204
LatitudeMeasure 35.6041000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.7941000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1774
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET