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Tie Creek 250 yards upstream from Tie Creek Trailhead (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M03TIEC02) 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 "Tie Creek 250 yards upstream from Tie Creek Trailhead" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M03TIEC02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020004.

This site is located in Beaverhead County County, Montana at 45.7055560000 degrees latitude and -113.6913890000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-M03TIEC02" 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 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2001
*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-M03TIEC02
MonitoringLocationName Tie Creek 250 yards upstream from Tie Creek Trailhead
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Tie Creek 250 yards upstream from Tie Creek Trailhead
HUCEightDigitCode 10020004
LatitudeMeasure 45.7055560000
LongitudeMeasure -113.6913890000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET