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Bylin Dam - Deepest (21NDHDWQ_WQX-381265) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the North Dakota Department Of Environmental Quality (identifier 21NDHDWQ_WQX), has the name "Bylin Dam - Deepest" and has the identifier 21NDHDWQ_WQX-381265. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020308.

This site is located in Walsh County County, North Dakota at 48.3673600000 degrees latitude and -98.0122100000 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 "21NDHDWQ_WQX-381265" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1996 - 2015
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1996 - 2015
Information 1996 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1996 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1996 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1996 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1996 - 2015
Nutrient 1996 - 2016
Physical 1988 - 2016
*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 21NDHDWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName North Dakota Department Of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NDHDWQ_WQX-381265
MonitoringLocationName Bylin Dam - Deepest
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 7 Mi W Of Pleasant Valley
HUCEightDigitCode 09020308
LatitudeMeasure 48.3673600000
LongitudeMeasure -98.0122100000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET