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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  DEER_CREEK >  DEER_CREEK-Deer_Creek_At_Polk_Springs

Tributary to Sacramento Riverr (DEER_CREEK-Deer_Creek_At_Polk_Springs) 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 EPA Region 9 (identifier DEER_CREEK), has the name "Tributary to Sacramento Riverr" and has the identifier DEER_CREEK-Deer_Creek_At_Polk_Springs. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18020157.

This site is located in Tehama County County, California at 40.1190500000 degrees latitude and -121.6650800000 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 "DEER_CREEK-Deer_Creek_At_Polk_Springs" 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*
Physical 1996 - 1996
*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 DEER_CREEK
OrganizationFormalName EPA Region 9
MonitoringLocationIdentifier DEER_CREEK-Deer_Creek_At_Polk_Springs
MonitoringLocationName Tributary to Sacramento Riverr
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText CONTACT: RYAN FOOTE COLLECTED BY: USDA FOREST SERVICE, LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST, ALMANOR RANGER DISTRICT
HUCEightDigitCode 18020157
LatitudeMeasure 40.1190500000
LongitudeMeasure -121.6650800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET