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BIRCH CR (ILRIVERWATCH-R0604401) 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 Illinois RiverWatch Network (Volunteer) (identifier ILRIVERWATCH), has the name "BIRCH CR" and has the identifier ILRIVERWATCH-R0604401. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07130012.

This site is located in Greene County County, Illinois at 39.2929600000 degrees latitude and -90.1764900000 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 "ILRIVERWATCH-R0604401" 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, Aquatic Plants 1995 - 1995
Biological, Counts 1995 - 1995
Biological, Habitat, Filamentous Algae 1995 - 1995
Information 1995 - 1995
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 1995
Physical 1995 - 1995
Physical, Habitat 1995 - 1995
Sediment 1995 - 1995
*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 ILRIVERWATCH
OrganizationFormalName Illinois RiverWatch Network (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ILRIVERWATCH-R0604401
MonitoringLocationName BIRCH CR
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07130012
LatitudeMeasure 39.2929600000
LongitudeMeasure -90.1764900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET