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Saline River near Benton, Arkansas (ARDEQH2O_WQX-OUA0026) 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 "Saline River near Benton, Arkansas" and has the identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-OUA0026. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08040203.

This site is located in Saline County County, Arkansas at 34.5628000000 degrees latitude and -92.6153000000 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-OUA0026" 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*
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1995 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1990 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 2024
Microbiological 1997 - 2010
Not Assigned 2018 - 2024
Nutrient 1990 - 2024
Organics, Other 1990 - 2024
Organics, PCBs 1997 - 1997
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 2004
Physical 1990 - 2024
*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-OUA0026
MonitoringLocationName Saline River near Benton, Arkansas
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 08040203
LatitudeMeasure 34.5628000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.6153000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 125
ProviderName STORET