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Rock Creek on state land near Rock Creek Lodge (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-REFRC2) 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 "Rock Creek on state land near Rock Creek Lodge" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-REFRC2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10050015.

This site is located in Valley County County, Montana at 48.5902780000 degrees latitude and -107.0011110000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2187 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-REFRC2" 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 2001 - 2004
Biological, Counts 2001 - 2004
Information 2003 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 2001 - 2004
Physical 2002 - 2004
*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-REFRC2
MonitoringLocationName Rock Creek on state land near Rock Creek Lodge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Rock Creek on state land near Rock Creek Lodge
HUCEightDigitCode 10050015
LatitudeMeasure 48.5902780000
LongitudeMeasure -107.0011110000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2187
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET