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Elkhorn Creek (IDEQ_WQX-1996SPOCA018) 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 Idaho Department Of Environmental Quality DEQ (identifier IDEQ_WQX), has the name "Elkhorn Creek" and has the identifier IDEQ_WQX-1996SPOCA018. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16010204.

This site is located in Oneida County County, Idaho at 42.3153000000 degrees latitude and -112.3496500000 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 "IDEQ_WQX-1996SPOCA018" 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, Counts 1996 - 1996
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 IDEQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Idaho Department Of Environmental Quality DEQ
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IDEQ_WQX-1996SPOCA018
MonitoringLocationName Elkhorn Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 16010204
LatitudeMeasure 42.3153000000
LongitudeMeasure -112.3496500000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET