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West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction (EPA_R7_WQX-West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction) 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 "West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction" and has the identifier EPA_R7_WQX-West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10270203.

This site is located in York County County, Nebraska at 40.7573430000 degrees latitude and -97.5394020000 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 "EPA_R7_WQX-West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction" 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.

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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, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Not Assigned 2012 - 2012
Organics, PCBs 2012 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2012 - 2012
*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-West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction
MonitoringLocationName West Fork Big Blue River, NE of McCool Junction
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10270203
LatitudeMeasure 40.7573430000
LongitudeMeasure -97.5394020000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 185
ProviderName STORET