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Muddy Creek upper site on BLM, off Muddy Creek Rd (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M01MUDYC02) 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 "Muddy Creek upper site on BLM, off Muddy Creek Rd" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M01MUDYC02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020001.

This site is located in Beaverhead County County, Montana at 44.6938000000 degrees latitude and -112.8552000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-M01MUDYC02" 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 2016 - 2016
Biological, Counts 2016 - 2017
Information 2016 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2016 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2017
Microbiological 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2016 - 2017
Physical 2016 - 2017
*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-M01MUDYC02
MonitoringLocationName Muddy Creek upper site on BLM, off Muddy Creek Rd
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Muddy Creek upper site on BLM, off Muddy Creek Rd
HUCEightDigitCode 10020001
LatitudeMeasure 44.6938000000
LongitudeMeasure -112.8552000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET