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Upper Vaughn Creek at Potato River Road (BADRIVER_WQX-UpVaughnPRR) 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 Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin (identifier BADRIVER_WQX), has the name "Upper Vaughn Creek at Potato River Road" and has the identifier BADRIVER_WQX-UpVaughnPRR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010302.

This site is located in Ashland County County, Wisconsin at 46.4842000000 degrees latitude and -90.6195000000 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 "BADRIVER_WQX-UpVaughnPRR" 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*
Biological, Algae 2022 - 2024
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2011 - 2012
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2010 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2011 - 2012
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2011 - 2012
Information 2023 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2023
Microbiological 1997 - 2020
Not Assigned 2010 - 2024
Nutrient 1997 - 2024
Physical 1997 - 2024
*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 BADRIVER_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BADRIVER_WQX-UpVaughnPRR
MonitoringLocationName Upper Vaughn Creek at Potato River Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04010302
LatitudeMeasure 46.4842000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.6195000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET