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Bishop Creek - SW-3 (BISHOP_PAIUTE_TRIBE_WQX-SW-3) 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 Bishop Paiute Tribe (identifier BISHOP_PAIUTE_TRIBE_WQX), has the name "Bishop Creek - SW-3" and has the identifier BISHOP_PAIUTE_TRIBE_WQX-SW-3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18090102.

This site is located in Inyo County County, California at 37.3692200000 degrees latitude and -118.4318700000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "BISHOP_PAIUTE_TRIBE_WQX-SW-3" 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*
Microbiological 2020 - 2024
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 BISHOP_PAIUTE_TRIBE_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bishop Paiute Tribe
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BISHOP_PAIUTE_TRIBE_WQX-SW-3
MonitoringLocationName Bishop Creek - SW-3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText North fork Bishop Creek, upstream-most water quality monitoring station on this fork within the Bishop Paiute Reservation boundary. Station is just downstream of Brockman Lane.
HUCEightDigitCode 18090102
LatitudeMeasure 37.3692200000
LongitudeMeasure -118.4318700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET