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Big Bear Creek (ISDA_WQX-BBC) 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 State Department Of Agriculture (identifier ISDA_WQX), has the name "Big Bear Creek" and has the identifier ISDA_WQX-BBC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17060306.

This site is located in Latah County County, Idaho at 46.6342940000 degrees latitude and -116.6550330000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "ISDA_WQX-BBC" 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*
Information 2006 - 2006
Not Assigned 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
*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 ISDA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Idaho State Department Of Agriculture
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ISDA_WQX-BBC
MonitoringLocationName Big Bear Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17060306
LatitudeMeasure 46.6342940000
LongitudeMeasure -116.6550330000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Satellite
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET