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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MDC >  MDC-7186

Ben Branch Lake (MDC-7186) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Missouri Dept. of Conservation (identifier MDC), has the name "Ben Branch Lake" and has the identifier MDC-7186. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10300102.

This site is located in Osage County County, Missouri at 38.5681993571 degrees latitude and -91.7891004171 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 12 m. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "MDC-7186" 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, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2005
*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 MDC
OrganizationFormalName Missouri Dept. of Conservation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDC-7186
MonitoringLocationName Ben Branch Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NENESE Sec.15,44N,8W
HUCEightDigitCode 10300102
LatitudeMeasure 38.5681993571
LongitudeMeasure -91.7891004171
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 151
ProviderName STORET