USGS ALMN NAWQA East Hickory Creek near Queen, PA Page

ALMN NAWQA Surface-Water Quality Site Page

Site: East Hickory near Queen, PA

Site Information and Description:

Station Number: 03015795
NAWQA Sucode: almnirf1
Latitude (DMS): 413831 / Longitude (DMS): 792018
County (of sampling location): Warren
Description: In the Allegheny National Forest, on right bank 20 ft downstream of Forest Service Road 119 bridge, 0.2 mi downstream of Camp Run, 0.5 mi upstream of Jaybuck Run, and 1.7 mi northeast of Queen, Pa.
Drainage Area: 20.3 mi²
Predominant Land Use(s): Mixed forest and evergreen forest

Study Components and Data:

NAWQA Site Type: Basic Fixed Site, Reference Indicator Site
Study Components: Basic Fixed-Site Assessment, Bed-Sediment and Tissue Study
Water-Quality Sampling Frequency:
Basic Fixed-Site Assessment:   Monthly, plus high flows (April 1996 to September 1998),
Fish Tissue:   summer 1996, summer 1997,
Bed Sediment:   summer 1996, summer 1998 (Trace elements only).
Water-Quality Constituents Sampled:
Basic Fixed-Site Assessment:   Continuous streamflow, Discharge, Major ions, Nutrients, Organic carbon, Suspended sediment, Trace elements (dissolved), Trace elements (suspended sediment), Field constituents, Ecological assessment,
Fish Tissue:   Trace elements in fish livers, Organic compounds in composites of whole fish,
Bed Sediment:   Trace elements, Hydrophobic pesticides, Additional organic compounds.
Period of Streamflow Record: October 1996 to September 1998 (discontinued).
Published Water-Quality and Discharge Records:

Study Component	1996	1997	1998
Basic Fixed-Site Water Chemistry Data (Site data only)	N/A	View	View
Basic Fixed-Site Fish Community Data (Site data only)	View	View	View
Basic Fixed-Site Invertebrate Data (Study data)	View
Bed-Sediment and Tissue Study (Study data)	N/A	View	N/A

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