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BC - Big Creek (BUNKER_WQX-BC-ABOVE MAGNET) 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 Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex (identifier BUNKER_WQX), has the name "BC - Big Creek" and has the identifier BUNKER_WQX-BC-ABOVE MAGNET. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010302.

This site is located in Shoshone County County, Idaho at 47.5439849542 degrees latitude and -116.1543128396 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 "BUNKER_WQX-BC-ABOVE MAGNET" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
*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 BUNKER_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BUNKER_WQX-BC-ABOVE MAGNET
MonitoringLocationName BC - Big Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Bunker Hill Box
HUCEightDigitCode 17010302
LatitudeMeasure 47.5439849542
LongitudeMeasure -116.1543128396
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 079
ProviderName STORET