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Massard Creek off of Hwy 255 S of Ft. Smith (ARDEQH2O_WQX-ARK0178E) 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 Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX), has the name "Massard Creek off of Hwy 255 S of Ft. Smith" and has the identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-ARK0178E. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11110104.

This site is located in Sebastian County County, Arkansas at 35.3245580000 degrees latitude and -94.3457570000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "ARDEQH2O_WQX-ARK0178E" 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.

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 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Nutrient 2015 - 2015
Organics, Other 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
*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 ARDEQH2O_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-ARK0178E
MonitoringLocationName Massard Creek off of Hwy 255 S of Ft. Smith
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Take I40 West to Van Buren, take I540 South to Ft. Smith, go south on HWY 45/Old Greenwood Rd, travel south approximately 0.5 mile, go East Hwy 255, travel approximately 2.3 miles.
HUCEightDigitCode 11110104
LatitudeMeasure 35.3245580000
LongitudeMeasure -94.3457570000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 131
ProviderName STORET