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Bacteria and turbidity survey for Blue Mountain Lake, Arkansas, spring and summer 1994

Open-File Report 95-301
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr95301

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Abstract

Introduction Blue Mountain Lake darn is located at river mile 74.4 on the Petit Jean River in Logan and Yell Counties in west-central Arkansas (fig. 1). Drainage area above the darn is 488 square miles. Blue Mountain Lake is located between two national forests-the Ozark National Forest and the Ouachita National Forest. The primary purpose for Blue Mountain Lake is flood control, but the lake is used for a variety of recreational purposes. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, conducted a bacterial and turbidity study of the Blue Mountain Lake Basin during the spring and suri1mer 1994. Samples were collected weekly at 11 locations within the lake basin from May through September 1994. Eight sampling sites were located on tributaries to the lake and three sampling sites were located on the lake with one of the sites located at a swim beach (fig. 2; table 1).

Suggested Citation

Lasker, A.D., 1995, Bacteria and turbidity survey for Blue Mountain Lake, Arkansas, spring and summer 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-301, 1 Plate: 31.15 × 28.15 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr95301.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Bacteria and turbidity survey for Blue Mountain Lake, Arkansas, spring and summer 1994
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 95-301
DOI 10.3133/ofr95301
Year Published 1995
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) U.S. Geological Survey
Description 1 Plate: 31.15 × 28.15 inches
Country United States
State Arkansas
Other Geospatial Blue Mountain Lake
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