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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MONT_DEQ_WQX >  MONT_DEQ_WQX-3127SI10

SILVER BOW CREEK (MONT_DEQ_WQX-3127SI10) 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 MONT_DEQ_WQX - Montana DEQ - Pre-1999 Data (identifier MONT_DEQ_WQX), has the name "SILVER BOW CREEK" and has the identifier MONT_DEQ_WQX-3127SI10. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010201.

This site is located in Silver Bow County County, Montana at 45.9950750000 degrees latitude and -112.5541250000 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 "MONT_DEQ_WQX-3127SI10" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1989 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1989 - 1996
Nutrient 1989 - 1996
Physical 1989 - 1997
*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 MONT_DEQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName MONT_DEQ_WQX - Montana DEQ - Pre-1999 Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MONT_DEQ_WQX-3127SI10
MonitoringLocationName SILVER BOW CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 200 FEET UPSTREAM FROM BUTTE, MT. SEWERAGE TREATMENTPLANT (STP)
HUCEightDigitCode 17010201
LatitudeMeasure 45.9950750000
LongitudeMeasure -112.5541250000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 093
ProviderName STORET