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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  BLCKFEET >  BLCKFEET-00000005

Milk River #1 (BLCKFEET-00000005) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Blackfeet Nation (Montana) (identifier BLCKFEET), has the name "Milk River #1" and has the identifier BLCKFEET-00000005. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10050001.

This site is located in Glacier County County, Montana at 48.8597305600 degrees latitude and -113.0165472200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1342 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "BLCKFEET-00000005" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 1998 - 2017
Biological, Counts 1998 - 2017
Biological, Fish 2003 - 2017
Information 2022 - 2026
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Microbiological 2008 - 2022
Not Assigned 1998 - 2026
Nutrient 2008 - 2022
Organics, Other 1998 - 2008
Physical 1998 - 2026
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier BLCKFEET
OrganizationFormalName Blackfeet Nation (Montana)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BLCKFEET-00000005
MonitoringLocationName Milk River #1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText River meets Bkft Hwy. 13
HUCEightDigitCode 10050001
LatitudeMeasure 48.8597305600
LongitudeMeasure -113.0165472200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1342
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET