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Sources, Instream Transport, and Trends of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment in the Lower Tennessee River Basin, 1980-96

Appendix A. Sites where historical water-quality data collected from water year 1980 to 1996 are included in nutrient- and sediment-data analyses, lower Tennessee River Basin

[Period of record represents entire period of record in source data base as of 1996; however, only data since October 1979 were included in data analysis in this report; sites included only in the downstream-variation analyses (DS) are shown only in figs. 10 and 11, all other sites are shown in fig. 2; d246, denotes Duck River and river mile; t5, denotes Tennessee River and river mile; TRM, Tennessee River Mile; DRM, Duck River mile; ADEM-TMN and ADEM-SS, Alabama Department of Environmental Management trend monitoring network and special study, respectively; KDEP-AMP and KDEP-SS, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection ambient monitoring program and special study, respectively; TDEC-AMN, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ambient monitoring network; TVA-FSN, TVA-VS, and TVA-SS, Tennessee Valley Authority fixed station monitoring network, vital-signs monitoring network, and special study, respectively; USGS-NASQAN and USGS-S, U.S. Geological Survey National Stream-Quality Accounting Network and suspended-sediment network, respectively; ORSANCO-MN, Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission monitoring network; FCWP-SS, Flint Creek Watershed Project special study; S, seasonal variation in nutrient concentration; Q, variation in nutrient concentration with streamflow; DS, downstream variation in nutrient concentration; IL, annual input loads; EL, annual export loads; T, trend estimation; STORET, STOrage and RETrieval data base of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; WATSTORE, WATer STOrage and REtrieval system data base of the U.S. Geological Survey; GSA, digital file from Geological Survey of Alabama; ADEM, digital file from Alabama Department of Environmental Management]

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  Hydro-                            
logic cat-    Site                                                                                                     Data
 aloging    identifi-                                                                                     Period     analyses      
unit code    cation             Surface-water station/Site location           Agency and                    of       included        Source  
(for sites  (fig. 2,      __________________________________________________  monitoring    River         record     in this          data
  1-20)    10, or 11)     Number                Name                           network       mile      (water year)   report          base
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
      Site identification
           (fig. 2)

06040006      1          PRI038        Clarks River at Almo, Ky.               KDEP-AMP       53.5       1981-95   S,Q,IL,EL,T       STORET

06040004      2          03604000      Buffalo River near Flat Woods, Tenn.    USGS-NASQAN    58.7       1963-95   S,Q,IL,EL,T       STORET

06040002      3          03596000      Duck River below Manchester, Tenn.      USGS-S        265.4       1967-89   EL,T              WATSTORE

06040002   4, d246a      001025        Duck River below Normandy Dam, Tenn.    TDEC-AMN      246.9       1981-96   S,Q,DS,IL,EL,T    STORET

06040003   5, d113a      001065        Duck River at Williamsport, Tenn.       TDEC-AMN      113.9       1978-95   S,Q,DS,IL,EL,T    STORET

06040003   6, d26a       475793        Duck River above Hurricane Mills, Tenn. TVA-FSN        26.0       1973-95   S,Q,DS,IL,EL,T    STORET

06030005      7          002395        Shoal Creek at Highway 43 near          TDEC-AMN       32.2       1982-95   S,QIL,EL,T        STORET
                                         Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

06030005      8          03588500      Shoal Creek at Iron City, Tenn.         USGS-S         22.3       1974-94   EL,T              WATSTORE

06030003      9          001207        Elk River below Tims Ford Dam, Tenn.    TDEC-AMN      133.0       1982-96   S,Q,IL,EL,T       STORET

06030004     10          475796b       Elk River near Prospect, Tenn.          TVA-FSN        41.5       1971-95   S,Q,IL,EL,T       STORET

06030002     11          FLCR7         Flint Creek near Falkville, Ala.        FCWP-SS        33.4       1993-96   S,Q,IL,EL,T       GSA

06030001     12          TOWNCREEK15c  Town Creek near Geraldine Ala.          ADEM-SS        14.1       1980-90   S,Q,IL,EL,T       GSA

06020004     13          002375        Sequatchie River at Valley Road, Tenn.  TDEC-AMN        6.3       1988-96   S,Q,IL,EL,T       ADEM

(multiple) 14, t5d       03609750      Tennessee River at Highway 60 near      USGS-NASQAN     5         1974-88   S,Q,DS,EL,T       WATSTORE
                                         Paducah, Ky.

(multiple) 15, t23d      202832        Tennessee River at mile 23, Ky.         TVA-VS         23         1960-95   S,Q,DS,EL,T       STORET

(multiple) 16, t206d     03593005      Tennessee River at Pickwick Landing     USGS-NASQAN   206.7       1975-96   S,Q,DS,EL,T       WATSTORE
                                         Dam, Tenn.

(multiple) 17, t418d     03571850      Tennessee River at South Pittsburg,     USGS-NASQAN   418.2       1967-87   S,Q,DS,EL,T       WATSTORE
                                         Tenn.

(multiple) 18, t444d     003315        Tennessee River below Raccoon           TDEC-AMN      444         1978-96   S,Q,DS,EL,T       STORET
                                         Mountain, Tenn.

06030001     19          SCARHAM-      Scarham Creek near Kilpatrick, Ala.     ADEM-SS         7.7       1988-96   T                 ADEM
                         CREEK03e

06030001     20          SOUTHSAUTY-   South Sauty Creek, Ala.                 ADEM-SS        16.7       1988-96   T                 ADEM
                         CK03f

            Site identification        Sites on the Tennessee River main stem (in addition to sites 14-18)
                (fig. 10)

             t6          TR-6.0M,      Tennessee River at Paducah              ORSANCO-MN      5         1971-95   DS                STORET
                         and TR-5.0M     (TRM 5 and 6)

            t40          CLN132        Jonathan Creek embayment (TRM 40.0)     KDEP-SS        40.0       1990-93   DS                STORET

            t51          CLN130        Blood River embayment (TRM 51.3)        KDEP-SS        51.3       1990-93   DS                STORET

            t85          477403        Kentucky Reservoir (TRM 85.0)           TVA-VS         85.0       1990-96   DS                STORET

            t89          003610        Tennessee River at Shirley's Light      TDEC-AMN       89.0       1970-95   DS                STORET
                                         (TRM 89.0)
           t112          475015        Kentucky Reservoir (TRM 112.0)          TVA-VS        112.0       1960-95   DS                STORET

           t135          003460        Tennessee River (circa TRM 135)         TDEC          135         1960-95   DS                STORET

           t189          003455        Tennessee River (TRM 189.9)             TDEC          189.9       1990-95   DS                STORET

           t207          476799        Pickwick Forebay (TRM 207.3)            TVA-VS        207.3       1981-96   DS                STORET

           t230          016923        Pickwick Reservoir (TRM 230.0)          TVA-VS        230.0       1960-96   DS                STORET

           t260          016912        Tennessee River upstream from           TVA-VS        260.8       1960-96   DS                STORET
                                         Wilson Dam (TRM 260.8)

           t277          016900        Tennessee River upstream from           TVA-VS        277.05      1960-95   DS                STORET
                                         Wheeler Dam (TRM 277.0)

           t295          017009        Tennessee River/Wheeler Lake below      TVA-VS        295.87      1960-95   DS                STORET
                                         Fox Creek (TRM 295.87)

           t307          017012        Tennessee River/ Wheeler Lake           TVA-VS        307.52      1960-91   DS                STORET
                                         (TRM 307.52, near Decatur)

           t350          017261        Tennessee River/Guntersville Lake at    TVA-VS        350.0       1980-96   DS                STORET
                                         Honey Bluff (TRM 350.0)

           t375          017522        Tennessee River/Guntersville Res at     TVA-VS        375.2       1980-96   DS                STORET
                                         Mink Creek (TRM 375.2)

           t396          017101        Tennessee River/Guntersville Res at     TVA-VS        396.8       1971-91   DS                STORET
                                         Coffee Ferry (TRM 396.8)

           t425          476344        Tennessee River/Nickajack Reservoir     TVA-VS        425.5       1980-95   DS                STORET
                                         (TRM 425.5)

           t430          003325        Tennessee River below Hales Bar Light   TDEC-AMN      430.7       1981-95   DS                STORET
                                         (TRM 430.7, Nickajack Reservoir)

           t433          476239        Tennessee River/Nickajack Reservoir     TVA-VS        433.0       1970-91   DS                STORET
                                         (TRM 433.0)


            Site identification        Sites on the Duck River main stem (in addition to sites 4, 5, and 6)
                (fig. 11)

             d8          001135        Duck River at Waverly Waterworks        TDEC-AMN        8         1970-85   DS                STORET
                                         Intake (DRM 8.0)

           d133          001050        Duck River (DRM 133.92)                 TDEC-AMN      133         1960-85   DS                STORET

           d181          001040        Duck River (DRM 181.0)                  TDEC-AMN      181.0       1960-85   DS                STORET

           d221          001030        Duck River (DRM 221.41)                 TDEC-AMN      221.41      1960-85   DS                STORET

           d249          NORMANDY01    Normandy Reservoir at the Dam (DRM 249) TDEC-SS       249         1991-92   DS                STORET

           d252          476244        Normandy Reservoir - Riley Creek        TVA-SS        252.0       1980-95   DS                STORET
                                         (DRM 252.0)

           d259          476172        Normandy Reservoir - Anthony Branch     TVA-SS        259.4       1971-92   DS                STORET
                                         (DRM 259.4)

           d262          476429        Normandy Reservoir (DRM 262.0)          TVA-SS        262.0       1981-95   DS                STORET

           d265          TN001019      Duck River at Powers Bridge (DRM 265.5) TDEC-SS       265.5       1991-92   DS                STORET
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a Site has an additional identification in figure 11, including river mile.
b Site is a composite of site 475796 (river mile 41.5) and site 477330 (river mile 36.5).
c Station number in ADEM study is t5.
d Site has an additional identification in figure 10, including river mile.
e Station number in ADEM study is sc3.
f Station number in ADEM study is ss3.

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