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Sims Valley Lake near dam (UMC-7321) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Univ. of Missouri, Columbia (identifier UMC), has the name "Sims Valley Lake near dam" and has the identifier UMC-7321. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11010011.

This site is located in Howell County County, Missouri at 37.0067676016 degrees latitude and -91.8485538490 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 "UMC-7321" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 1989 - 2017
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1989 - 2017
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2017 - 2017
Information 1989 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1989 - 1989
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2013
Nutrient 1989 - 2017
Organics, Other 1998 - 2017
Physical 1989 - 2017
*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 UMC
OrganizationFormalName Univ. of Missouri, Columbia
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UMC-7321
MonitoringLocationName Sims Valley Lake near dam
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NNC Sims Valley Lake @Sec.20,27N,8W
HUCEightDigitCode 11010011
LatitudeMeasure 37.0067676016
LongitudeMeasure -91.8485538490
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET