About this Dataset

Southern Plains Network - Streams Protocol Water Quality Monitoring Data From 2010-2022 For SOPN WQ Project As Of 2024-10-23

This data package was created 2024-10-23 15:42:39 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in Southern Plains Network's NPSTORET back-end file (SOPN_NPSTORET_BE_20241023.ACCDB) were filtered to include:
Station:

Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:

Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2010-10-27 to 2022-11-01. This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=SOPN_WQ
Organization: Department of the Interior
Last updated: 2025-09-14T18:26:00.486697
Tags: acidic, alkalinity, aluminum, ammonia, anions, antimony, atmospheric-pressure, bacteria, boron, cadmium, calcium, carbon, cations, chemical-properties, chloride, chromium, copper, dissolved-oxygen, elements-and-compounds, fluoride, ions, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, nickel, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, nitrogen-compounds, npstoret, pesticide-and-herbicide-contamination, ph, phosphate, phosphorus, physical-properties, potassium, silica, sodium, specific-conductivity, streamflow, sulfate, suspended-solids, turbidity, water-properties, water-quality, water-temperature, zinc

Tables

Characteristics

@usgov.doi_gov_southern_plains_network_streams_protocol_water_f5b605c9.characteristics

342.93 kB
8,210 rows
4 columns

CREATE TABLE characteristics (
  "equis_display_name" VARCHAR,
  "wqx_display_name" VARCHAR,
  "cas_num" VARCHAR,
  "srsidentifier" VARCHAR
);

Locations

@usgov.doi_gov_southern_plains_network_streams_protocol_water_f5b605c9.locations

35.4 kB
2 rows
40 columns

CREATE TABLE locations (
  "org_code" VARCHAR,
  "park_code" VARCHAR,
  "location_id" VARCHAR,
  "location_name" VARCHAR,
  "location_type" VARCHAR,
  "latitude" DOUBLE,
  "longitude" DOUBLE,
  "lat_lon_method" VARCHAR,
  "lat_lon_datum" VARCHAR,
  "source_map_scale_numeric" VARCHAR,
  "lat_lon_accuracy" VARCHAR,
  "lat_lon_accuracy_unit" VARCHAR,
  "location_description" VARCHAR,
  "travel_directions" VARCHAR,
  "location_purpose" VARCHAR,
  "establishment_date" VARCHAR,
  "huc8_code" BIGINT,
  "huc12_code" BIGINT,
  "alternate_location_id" VARCHAR,
  "alternate_location_id_context" VARCHAR,
  "elevation" BIGINT,
  "elevation_unit" VARCHAR,
  "elevation_method" VARCHAR,
  "elevation_datum" VARCHAR,
  "elevation_accuracy" VARCHAR,
  "elevation_accuracy_unit" VARCHAR,
  "country_code" VARCHAR,
  "state_code" VARCHAR,
  "county_code" VARCHAR,
  "drainage_area" VARCHAR,
  "drainage_area_unit" VARCHAR,
  "contributing_area" VARCHAR,
  "contributing_area_unit" VARCHAR,
  "well_id" VARCHAR,
  "well_type" VARCHAR,
  "aquifer_name" VARCHAR,
  "formation_type" VARCHAR,
  "well_hole_depth" VARCHAR,
  "well_hole_depth_unit" VARCHAR,
  "well_status" VARCHAR
);

Projects

@usgov.doi_gov_southern_plains_network_streams_protocol_water_f5b605c9.projects

27.46 kB
1 row
14 columns

CREATE TABLE projects (
  "org_code" VARCHAR,
  "project_id" VARCHAR,
  "project_name" VARCHAR,
  "project_description" VARCHAR,
  "project_start_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "project_duration" VARCHAR,
  "project_type" VARCHAR,
  "qapp_summary" VARCHAR,
  "qapp_approved_indicator" VARCHAR,
  "qapp_approval_agency_name" VARCHAR,
  "study_area_description" VARCHAR,
  "design_sampling_summary" VARCHAR,
  "measurement_quality_objectives" VARCHAR,
  "contact" VARCHAR
);

Results

@usgov.doi_gov_southern_plains_network_streams_protocol_water_f5b605c9.results

107.26 kB
3,072 rows
89 columns

CREATE TABLE results (
  "org_code" VARCHAR,
  "project_id" VARCHAR,
  "location_id" VARCHAR,
  "activity_id" VARCHAR,
  "activity_type" VARCHAR,
  "medium" VARCHAR,
  "medium_subdivision" VARCHAR,
  "assemblage_sampled_name" VARCHAR,
  "activity_start_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "activity_start_time" VARCHAR,
  "activity_start_time_zone" VARCHAR,
  "activity_end_date" VARCHAR,
  "activity_end_time" VARCHAR,
  "activity_end_time_zone" VARCHAR,
  "activity_relative_depth" VARCHAR,
  "activity_depth" VARCHAR,
  "activity_depth_unit" VARCHAR,
  "activity_upper_depth" VARCHAR,
  "activity_lower_depth" VARCHAR,
  "activity_sampler" VARCHAR,
  "custody_id" VARCHAR,
  "station_visit_comment" VARCHAR,
  "activity_comment" VARCHAR,
  "collection_method_id" VARCHAR,
  "collection_equipment_name" VARCHAR,
  "collection_equipment_description" VARCHAR,
  "container_type" VARCHAR,
  "container_color" VARCHAR,
  "container_size" VARCHAR,
  "container_size_unit" VARCHAR,
  "preparation_method_id" VARCHAR,
  "chemical_preservative" VARCHAR,
  "thermal_preservative" VARCHAR,
  "transport_storage_description" VARCHAR,
  "activity_group_id" VARCHAR,
  "activity_group_name" VARCHAR,
  "activity_group_type" VARCHAR,
  "sampling_component_name" VARCHAR,
  "sampling_component_place_in_series" VARCHAR,
  "characteristic_name" VARCHAR,
  "method_speciation" VARCHAR,
  "filtered_fraction" VARCHAR,
  "result_detection_condition" VARCHAR,
  "result_text" VARCHAR,
  "result_unit" VARCHAR,
  "result_qualifier" VARCHAR,
  "result_status" VARCHAR,
  "result_type" VARCHAR,
  "result_comment" VARCHAR,
  "method_detection_limit" VARCHAR,
  "lower_quantification_limit" VARCHAR,
  "upper_quantification_limit" VARCHAR,
  "limit_comment" VARCHAR,
  "temperature_basis" VARCHAR,
  "statistical_basis" VARCHAR,
  "time_basis" VARCHAR,
  "weight_basis" VARCHAR,
  "particle_size_basis" VARCHAR,
  "precision" VARCHAR,
  "bias" VARCHAR,
  "confidence_interval" VARCHAR,
  "upper_confidence_limit" VARCHAR,
  "lower_confidence_limit" VARCHAR,
  "result_depth_height_measure" VARCHAR,
  "result_depth_height_measure_unit" VARCHAR,
  "analytical_method_id" VARCHAR,
  "analytical_method_id_context" VARCHAR,
  "lab_id" VARCHAR,
  "lab_remark_code" VARCHAR,
  "analysis_start_date" TIMESTAMP,
  "analysis_start_time" VARCHAR,
  "analysis_start_time_zone" VARCHAR,
  "lab_accreditation_indicator" VARCHAR,
  "lab_sample_preparation_id" VARCHAR,
  "dilution_factor" VARCHAR,
  "num_of_replicates" VARCHAR,
  "data_logger_line_name" VARCHAR,
  "biological_intent" VARCHAR,
  "biological_individual_id" VARCHAR,
  "subject_taxon" VARCHAR,
  "unidentified_species_id" VARCHAR,
  "tissue_anatomy" VARCHAR,
  "group_summary_count_or_weight" VARCHAR,
  "group_summary_count_or_weight_unit" VARCHAR,
  "frequency_class_descriptor" VARCHAR,
  "frequency_class_bounds_unit" VARCHAR,
  "frequency_class_lower_bound" VARCHAR,
  "frequency_class_upper_bound" VARCHAR,
  "lab_reported_result" VARCHAR
);