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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CHEYRIVR >  CHEYRIVR-TB-2

Thunder Butte Creek-2 (CHEYRIVR-TB-2) 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 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (South Dakota) (Tribal) (identifier CHEYRIVR), has the name "Thunder Butte Creek-2" and has the identifier CHEYRIVR-TB-2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10130306.

This site is located in Ziebach County County, South Dakota at 45.2406390000 degrees latitude and -101.7595830000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2117 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 "CHEYRIVR-TB-2" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2005
Physical 2003 - 2013
*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 CHEYRIVR
OrganizationFormalName Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (South Dakota) (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CHEYRIVR-TB-2
MonitoringLocationName Thunder Butte Creek-2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10130306
LatitudeMeasure 45.2406390000
LongitudeMeasure -101.7595830000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2117
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET