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SILVER CREEK NR BAYLAND, MS (USGS-0728872008) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Mississippi Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MS), has the name "SILVER CREEK NR BAYLAND, MS" and has the identifier USGS-0728872008. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08030207. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 18.5 sq mi.

This site is located in Yazoo County County, Mississippi at 32.86901887000000 degrees latitude and -90.6959298000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 minutes.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-0728872008" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton 1998 - 1998
Biological, Fish 1998 - 1998
Information 1997 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1997 - 1998
Nutrient 1997 - 1997
Organics, Other 1998 - 1998
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1997 - 1998
Physical 1997 - 1998
Radiochemical 1998 - 1998
Sediment 1997 - 1997
*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 USGS-MS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Mississippi Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-0728872008
MonitoringLocationName SILVER CREEK NR BAYLAND, MS
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 08030207
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 18.5
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 32.86901887000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.6959298000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode minutes
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 163
ProviderName NWIS