Mammoth Cave National Park, Water Quality Monitoring, Fiscal Year 2025
Meiman J. 2026. Mammoth Cave National Park, Water Quality Monitoring, Fiscal Year 2025. National Park Service
The Cumberland Piedmont Inventory and Monitoring Network began long-term water quality monitoring at Mammoth Cave National Park in fiscal year 2002. Water quality is measured every month over a two-year period followed by a five-year hiatus (concordant with the U. S. Geological Survey’s national long-term water quality program). Thirteen sites are monitored at the park including: Green (two sites) and Nolin Rivers, Mile 205.7 Spring, Pike Spring, Big Spring, Echo River Spring, Turnhole Spring, Buffalo Creek Spring, Doyle’s Ford Spring, and Ugly Creek Spring, plus two cave streams, Hawkins and Logsdon Rivers. Based upon findings of the pre-existing park monitoring program, parameters were chosen for long-term monitoring, including the field measures of water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity. Samples were collected for analysis for Escherichia coli (E. coli) and nitrate. This brief summarizes data collected from October 2002 through September 2025, highlighting October 17, 2024, through September 16, 2025.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Meiman, Joe
- Date of Issue
- 2026-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CUPN , MACA
- Keywords
- CUPN, MACA, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring Resource Brief
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry