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Fountain Cr (ILRIVERWATCH-R0716801) 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 Illinois RiverWatch Network (Volunteer) (identifier ILRIVERWATCH), has the name "Fountain Cr" and has the identifier ILRIVERWATCH-R0716801. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07140101.

This site is located in Monroe County County, Illinois at 38.2803000000 degrees latitude and -90.2014000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "ILRIVERWATCH-R0716801" 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, Aquatic Plants 1996 - 2004
Biological, Counts 1996 - 2004
Biological, Habitat, Plants 1996 - 2004
Information 1996 - 2004
Organics, Pesticide 1996 - 2004
Physical 1996 - 2004
Physical, Habitat 1996 - 2004
Sediment 1997 - 2004
*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 ILRIVERWATCH
OrganizationFormalName Illinois RiverWatch Network (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ILRIVERWATCH-R0716801
MonitoringLocationName Fountain Cr
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07140101
LatitudeMeasure 38.2803000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.2014000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 133
ProviderName STORET