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Elm Creek near Elm Creek, Nebr. (USGS-06769525) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Nebraska Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NE), has the name "Elm Creek near Elm Creek, Nebr." and has the identifier USGS-06769525. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10200101. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Buffalo County County, Nebraska at 40.72889880000000 degrees latitude and -99.3989885000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 2268.23 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Survey-grade GPSF" is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-06769525" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 1996 - 1999
Biological, Fish 1996 - 1999
Information 1996 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1996 - 1999
Nutrient 1996 - 1999
Organics, Other 1996 - 1999
Organics, Pesticide 1996 - 1999
Physical 1996 - 1999
*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-NE
OrganizationFormalName USGS Nebraska Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06769525
MonitoringLocationName Elm Creek near Elm Creek, Nebr.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10200101
LatitudeMeasure 40.72889880000000
LongitudeMeasure -99.3989885000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2268.23
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Survey-grade GPSF
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 019
ProviderName NWIS