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Hesse Creek at Old Shelter (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0012) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Hesse Creek at Old Shelter" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0012. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010201.

This site is located in Blount County County, Tennessee at 35.6297614200 degrees latitude and -83.7888665100 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3357.1 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_F_0012" 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, Metals 1995 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1995 - 1996
Nutrient 1995 - 1996
Physical 1995 - 1996
*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_F_0012
MonitoringLocationName Hesse Creek at Old Shelter
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stream Order: 1 UTMX=247445; UTMY=3946410 Survey Period: 1995-1996 Other: From original park report: Route 37 - Beard Cane and Hesse Creek. *Site 12 (Old Site 174B) - Hesse Creek at Rich Mountain Shelter - the driver of the vehicle can go up Ace Gap Trail to the shelter.
HUCEightDigitCode 06010201
LatitudeMeasure 35.6297614200
LongitudeMeasure -83.7888665100
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3357.1
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET