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Little Blue River west of Gilead, NE. (21NEB001_WQX-SLB2LBLUE244) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (identifier 21NEB001_WQX), has the name "Little Blue River west of Gilead, NE." and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-SLB2LBLUE244. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10270206.

This site is located in Thayer County County, Nebraska at 40.1704920000 degrees latitude and -97.4258250000 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 "21NEB001_WQX-SLB2LBLUE244" 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*
Physical 2018 - 2018
*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 21NEB001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEB001_WQX-SLB2LBLUE244
MonitoringLocationName Little Blue River west of Gilead, NE.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Gilead take US Hwy 136 west to Rd 6900 then north for approx. 1.5 miles to River Rd, then east for approx. 1.25 miles, sample river after road curves north.
HUCEightDigitCode 10270206
LatitudeMeasure 40.1704920000
LongitudeMeasure -97.4258250000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 169
ProviderName STORET