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Blacktail Deer Creek about 200 ft downstream of East and West Fork confluence (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M02BLKDC02) 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 "Blacktail Deer Creek about 200 ft downstream of East and West Fork confluence" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M02BLKDC02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020002.

This site is located in Beaverhead County County, Montana at 44.9060000000 degrees latitude and -112.3566000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6390 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-M02BLKDC02" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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-M02BLKDC02
MonitoringLocationName Blacktail Deer Creek about 200 ft downstream of East and West Fork confluence
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Blacktail Deer Creek about 200 ft downstream of East and West Fork confluence
HUCEightDigitCode 10020002
LatitudeMeasure 44.9060000000
LongitudeMeasure -112.3566000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6390
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET