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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MSU >  MSU-2428/4.3/0.1

Brown Spring (MSU-2428/4.3/0.1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the Missouri State University (identifier MSU), has the name "Brown Spring" and has the identifier MSU-2428/4.3/0.1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010003.

This site is located in Christian County County, Missouri at 36.9608010054 degrees latitude and -93.1540971712 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 "MSU-2428/4.3/0.1" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2001 - 2001
*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 MSU
OrganizationFormalName Missouri State University
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MSU-2428/4.3/0.1
MonitoringLocationName Brown Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Brown Spr. @ SESW Sec.8,T26N,R20W
HUCEightDigitCode 11010003
LatitudeMeasure 36.9608010054
LongitudeMeasure -93.1540971712
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET