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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  UDWC >  UDWC-SC 003.00

Whychus Creek u/s Alder Springs (UDWC-SC 003.00) 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 Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (Oregon) (identifier UDWC), has the name "Whychus Creek u/s Alder Springs" and has the identifier UDWC-SC 003.00. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17070301.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, Oregon at 44.4345800 degrees latitude and -121.3597600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2340 ft 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 "UDWC-SC 003.00" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2004 - 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 UDWC
OrganizationFormalName Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (Oregon)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UDWC-SC 003.00
MonitoringLocationName Whychus Creek u/s Alder Springs
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17070301
LatitudeMeasure 44.4345800
LongitudeMeasure -121.3597600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2340
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET