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Buffalo River DS of Bear Creek (ARDEQH2O_WQX-BUFR0605) 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 "Buffalo River DS of Bear Creek" and has the identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-BUFR0605. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010005.

This site is located in Searcy County County, Arkansas at 35.9975660000 degrees latitude and -92.6948010000 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-BUFR0605" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 2019 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2019 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2019 - 2019
Nutrient 2021 - 2021
Physical 2019 - 2021
*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-BUFR0605
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo River DS of Bear Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Buffalo River USGS 355951092414101 From Hwy 65 in Marshall, turn on to Factory Road by the high school, turn left onto Zack Rd. Follow road through pasture onto gravel bar and confluence of Bear Creek. Site is 400 m downstream.
HUCEightDigitCode 11010005
LatitudeMeasure 35.9975660000
LongitudeMeasure -92.6948010000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 129
ProviderName STORET