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Trout Creek at Bennett Flat (CEDEN-MTRTROU02) 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 California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Trout Creek at Bennett Flat" and has the identifier CEDEN-MTRTROU02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16050102.

This site is located in Nevada County County, California at 39.3439000000 degrees latitude and -120.2150000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6230 ft 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 "CEDEN-MTRTROU02" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2005 - 2016
*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 CEDEN
OrganizationFormalName California State Water Resources Control Board
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CEDEN-MTRTROU02
MonitoringLocationName Trout Creek at Bennett Flat
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Trout Creek behind Northwoods clubhouse in Tahoe Donner
HUCEightDigitCode 16050102
LatitudeMeasure 39.3439000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.2150000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6230
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET