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Raven Fork near Park Housing (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0267) 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 "Raven Fork near Park Housing" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0267. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010203.

This site is located in Swain County County, North Carolina at 35.5138138300 degrees latitude and -83.2991972800 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2020.1 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_0267" 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 1993 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 1996
Nutrient 1993 - 1996
Physical 1993 - 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_0267
MonitoringLocationName Raven Fork near Park Housing
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stream Order: 5 UTMX=291533; UTMY=3932350 Survey Period: 1993-1996 Other: From original park report: Route 27 - Beech Flats and Oconaluftee River. Site 267 (Old Site 150) - Raven Fork above the confluence with the Oconaluftee River at the bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 06010203
LatitudeMeasure 35.5138138300
LongitudeMeasure -83.2991972800
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2020.1
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 173
ProviderName STORET