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Skyland Creek abv confluence with Bear Creek-aka C08SKYLC01 (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C07SKYLC01) 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 "Skyland Creek abv confluence with Bear Creek-aka C08SKYLC01" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C07SKYLC01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010207.

This site is located in Flathead County County, Montana at 48.2927780000 degrees latitude and -113.3888890000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5017 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 "MDEQ_WQ_WQX-C07SKYLC01" 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, Counts 2002 - 2002
Information 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 2002 - 2002
Physical 2002 - 2002
*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-C07SKYLC01
MonitoringLocationName Skyland Creek abv confluence with Bear Creek-aka C08SKYLC01
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Skyland Creek abv confluence with Bear Creek-aka C08SKYLC01. This Station ID, C07SKYLC01, was previously known as C08SKYLC01. All data associated with C08SKYLC01 should now be referenced to this Station ID, C07SKYLC01.
HUCEightDigitCode 17010207
LatitudeMeasure 48.2927780000
LongitudeMeasure -113.3888890000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5017
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET