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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  1119USBR >  1119USBR-BOI172

South Fork of the Boise River @ Black's Creek Bridge (1119USBR-BOI172) 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 Bureau of Reclamation (identifier 1119USBR), has the name "South Fork of the Boise River @ Black's Creek Bridge" and has the identifier 1119USBR-BOI172. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17050113.

This site is located in Elmore County County, Idaho at 43.5503472 degrees latitude and -115.7205361 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "1119USBR-BOI172" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2001
Nutrient 1999 - 2001
Physical 1999 - 2001
*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 1119USBR
OrganizationFormalName Bureau of Reclamation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 1119USBR-BOI172
MonitoringLocationName South Fork of the Boise River @ Black's Creek Bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17050113
LatitudeMeasure 43.5503472
LongitudeMeasure -115.7205361
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET