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Kaskaskia River (EPA_R7_WQX-BR15) 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 R7 (identifier EPA_R7_WQX), has the name "Kaskaskia River" and has the identifier EPA_R7_WQX-BR15. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07140204.

This site is located in Randolph County County, Illinois at 37.9978980000 degrees latitude and -89.9514060000 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 "EPA_R7_WQX-BR15" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2014
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2013 - 2013
Nutrient 2009 - 2014
Physical 2009 - 2014
*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 EPA_R7_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA R7
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_R7_WQX-BR15
MonitoringLocationName Kaskaskia River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07140204
LatitudeMeasure 37.9978980000
LongitudeMeasure -89.9514060000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 157
ProviderName STORET