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Medicine Creek River Middle-20 (LWRBRULE-MC-RM20) 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 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (South Dakota) (identifier LWRBRULE), has the name "Medicine Creek River Middle-20" and has the identifier LWRBRULE-MC-RM20. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10140101.

This site is located in Lyman County County, South Dakota at 44.1065283300 degrees latitude and -99.6838775000 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 "LWRBRULE-MC-RM20" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Microbiological 2010 - 2013
Nutrient 2010 - 2013
Physical 2010 - 2013
*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 LWRBRULE
OrganizationFormalName Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (South Dakota)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LWRBRULE-MC-RM20
MonitoringLocationName Medicine Creek River Middle-20
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 99°41'1.959"W 44°6'23.502"N
HUCEightDigitCode 10140101
LatitudeMeasure 44.1065283300
LongitudeMeasure -99.6838775000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET