Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21MICH_WQX >  21MICH_WQX-410121

PLASTER CREEK AT MARKET AVE; CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS (21MICH_WQX-410121) 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 Michigan DEQ (identifier 21MICH_WQX), has the name "PLASTER CREEK AT MARKET AVE; CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS" and has the identifier 21MICH_WQX-410121. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04050006.

This site is located in Kent County County, Michigan at 42.9486160000 degrees latitude and -85.6986160000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21MICH_WQX-410121" 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*
Microbiological 2001 - 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 21MICH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Michigan DEQ
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MICH_WQX-410121
MonitoringLocationName PLASTER CREEK AT MARKET AVE; CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04050006
LatitudeMeasure 42.9486160000
LongitudeMeasure -85.6986160000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET