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White River on CR61/Shipps Ferry Rd (Boat Ramp) W of Norfork, AR (ARDEQH2O_WQX-WHI0046A) 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 "White River on CR61/Shipps Ferry Rd (Boat Ramp) W of Norfork, AR" and has the identifier ARDEQH2O_WQX-WHI0046A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010004.

This site is located in Baxter County County, Arkansas at 36.2136150000 degrees latitude and -92.3565670000 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-WHI0046A" 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 2021 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2024
Nutrient 2021 - 2024
Organics, Other 2021 - 2024
Physical 2021 - 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-WHI0046A
MonitoringLocationName White River on CR61/Shipps Ferry Rd (Boat Ramp) W of Norfork, AR
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Norfork, AR, travel approximately 0.5 miles on state Hwy 5. Turn north on state Hwy 201 travel 6 miles to county road 61. Turn south on county road 61 approximately 3 miles to boat ramp. Notes: Replacing WHI0046 because the bridge is too high and sampling on the bridge is dangerous
HUCEightDigitCode 11010004
LatitudeMeasure 36.2136150000
LongitudeMeasure -92.3565670000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 05
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET