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Lake Catherine at Handicap Fishing Pier below Carpenter Dam (ARDEQH2O_WQX-LOUA016C) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This reservoir site, maintained by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX), has the name "Lake Catherine at Handicap Fishing Pier below Carpenter Dam" and has the identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-LOUA016C. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08040101.

This site is located in Garland County County, Arkansas at 34.4427220000 degrees latitude and -93.0207820000 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-LOUA016C" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2011 - 2019
Information 2011 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2011 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2011 - 2019
Microbiological 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2011 - 2019
Organics, Other 2011 - 2019
Physical 2011 - 2019
*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-LOUA016C
MonitoringLocationName Lake Catherine at Handicap Fishing Pier below Carpenter Dam
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station, close to a station with an ID of OUA0024, is located on the Ouachita River or Lake Catherine below Remmel Dam. It is collected in the park below the dam near the Handicap Pier or the boat ramp depending on the volume of water in the river.
HUCEightDigitCode 08040101
LatitudeMeasure 34.4427220000
LongitudeMeasure -93.0207820000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET