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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  IOWATER >  IOWATER-977060

Polk County Snapshot (Site BC2 - Beaver Creek) (IOWATER-977060) 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 Iowa Volunteer Water Monitoring Program (identifier IOWATER), has the name "Polk County Snapshot (Site BC2 - Beaver Creek)" and has the identifier IOWATER-977060. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100004.

This site is located in Polk County County, Iowa at 41.6882477 degrees latitude and -93.7355480 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "IOWATER-977060" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2008
Nutrient 2004 - 2008
Physical 2004 - 2008
*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 IOWATER
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Volunteer Water Monitoring Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IOWATER-977060
MonitoringLocationName Polk County Snapshot (Site BC2 - Beaver Creek)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100004
LatitudeMeasure 41.6882477
LongitudeMeasure -93.7355480
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 153
ProviderName STORET