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Boar Creek (IL_EPA_WQX-IXC-01) 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 epa (identifier IL_EPA_WQX), has the name "Boar Creek" and has the identifier IL_EPA_WQX-IXC-01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07140108.

This site is located in Pulaski County County, Illinois at 37.1760000000 degrees latitude and -89.2309700000 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 "IL_EPA_WQX-IXC-01" 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, Cyanobacteria 2009 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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 IL_EPA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName illinois epa
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IL_EPA_WQX-IXC-01
MonitoringLocationName Boar Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Chapel Hill Rd 2.5 mi NW of Villa Ridge
HUCEightDigitCode 07140108
LatitudeMeasure 37.1760000000
LongitudeMeasure -89.2309700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 153
ProviderName STORET