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MILL CREEK @ JORDAN RIVER NR SALT LAKE CITY, UT (USGS-10170250) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Utah Water Science Center (identifier USGS-UT), has the name "MILL CREEK @ JORDAN RIVER NR SALT LAKE CITY, UT" and has the identifier USGS-10170250. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16020204. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 32.0 sq mi.

This site is located in Salt Lake County County, Utah at 40.70855767000000 degrees latitude and -111.9199366000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-10170250" 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.

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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*
Information 1982 - 1982
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1979 - 1980
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1979 - 1981
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1980 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1980 - 1982
Microbiological 1980 - 1981
Nutrient 1980 - 1981
Organics, Other 1980 - 1981
Organics, PCBs 1982 - 1982
Organics, Pesticide 1982 - 1982
Physical 1979 - 1982
Radiochemical 1980 - 1980
Sediment 1980 - 1981
*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-UT
OrganizationFormalName USGS Utah Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-10170250
MonitoringLocationName MILL CREEK @ JORDAN RIVER NR SALT LAKE CITY, UT
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 16020204
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 32.0
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.70855767000000
LongitudeMeasure -111.9199366000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 035
ProviderName NWIS