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Big Muddy R (ILRIVERWATCH-R1008901) 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 "Big Muddy R" and has the identifier ILRIVERWATCH-R1008901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07140106.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, Illinois at 38.4205000000 degrees latitude and -89.0667000000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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-R1008901" 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 2004 - 2004
Biological, Counts 2004 - 2004
Biological, Habitat, Filamentous Algae 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
Physical, Habitat 2004 - 2004
Sediment 2004 - 2004
*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-R1008901
MonitoringLocationName Big Muddy R
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText TopoMapName Walnut Hill Township 1S Range1E Section 23 Quad SW
HUCEightDigitCode 07140106
LatitudeMeasure 38.4205000000
LongitudeMeasure -89.0667000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Public Land Survey-Section
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET