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Milk River at Lohman downstream bridge (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M42MILKR07) 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 "Milk River at Lohman downstream bridge" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-M42MILKR07. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10050004.

This site is located in Blaine County County, Montana at 48.6001900000 degrees latitude and -109.3952600000 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-M42MILKR07" 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 2005 - 2005
Biological, Counts 2005 - 2005
Information 2005 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2010
Not Assigned 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2005 - 2010
Organics, Other 2005 - 2005
Organics, Pesticide 2005 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2010
Radiochemical 2010 - 2010
*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-M42MILKR07
MonitoringLocationName Milk River at Lohman downstream bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Milk River at Lohman downstream bridge
HUCEightDigitCode 10050004
LatitudeMeasure 48.6001900000
LongitudeMeasure -109.3952600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET