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Sam Lane (BLCKFEET-00000074) 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 Blackfeet Nation (Montana) (identifier BLCKFEET), has the name "Sam Lane" and has the identifier BLCKFEET-00000074. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10050001.

This site is located in Glacier County County, Montana at 48.7674166667 degrees latitude and -113.1491750000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1430 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "BLCKFEET-00000074" 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, Counts 2001 - 2001
Biological, Fish 2001 - 2001
Information 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2006
Microbiological 2004 - 2006
Not Assigned 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2004 - 2006
Physical 2001 - 2006
*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 BLCKFEET
OrganizationFormalName Blackfeet Nation (Montana)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BLCKFEET-00000074
MonitoringLocationName Sam Lane
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText South Fork Milk River at ranch house
HUCEightDigitCode 10050001
LatitudeMeasure 48.7674166667
LongitudeMeasure -113.1491750000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1430
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET