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Bitterroot River below Rye Creek at USGS gaging station (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C05BITRR21) 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 Montana DEQ WQPB (identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX), has the name "Bitterroot River below Rye Creek at USGS gaging station" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C05BITRR21. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010205.

This site is located in Ravalli County County, Montana at 45.9725000000 degrees latitude and -114.1411110000 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 "MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C05BITRR21" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2012
Biological, Counts 2001 - 2001
Information 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
*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 MDEQ_WQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Montana DEQ WQPB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C05BITRR21
MonitoringLocationName Bitterroot River below Rye Creek at USGS gaging station
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Bitterroot River below Rye Creek at USGS gaging station
HUCEightDigitCode 17010205
LatitudeMeasure 45.9725000000
LongitudeMeasure -114.1411110000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET