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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NEB001_WQX >  21NEB001_WQX-SNI3SNAKE195

Snake River downstream of Merritt Reservoir (21NEB001_WQX-SNI3SNAKE195) 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 Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (identifier 21NEB001_WQX), has the name "Snake River downstream of Merritt Reservoir" and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-SNI3SNAKE195. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10150005.

This site is located in Cherry County County, Nebraska at 42.6540800000 degrees latitude and -100.8583300000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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-SNI3SNAKE195" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2022
Microbiological 2014 - 2022
Not Assigned 2009 - 2013
Nutrient 2009 - 2022
Organics, Pesticide 2009 - 2022
Physical 2009 - 2022
*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-SNI3SNAKE195
MonitoringLocationName Snake River downstream of Merritt Reservoir
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 150 feet downstream of the Nebraska Forest boundary, 2.1 miles downstream from the Merritt Reservoir dam, 22 miles southwest of Valentine. Access site by road over Ainsworth irrig. canal approx. 1.5 miles N of of Merritt dam, through gate across pasture.
HUCEightDigitCode 10150005
LatitudeMeasure 42.6540800000
LongitudeMeasure -100.8583300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET