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Merritt Creek Upper, between Merritt Ln and Harmony Rd crossings (MTVOLWQM_WQX-MCUPPER9) 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 Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring (identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX), has the name "Merritt Creek Upper, between Merritt Ln and Harmony Rd crossings" and has the identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX-MCUPPER9. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10030101.

This site is located in Lewis And Clark County County, Montana at 46.6710000000 degrees latitude and -111.9060000000 degrees longitude using the datum OTHER. 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 "MTVOLWQM_WQX-MCUPPER9" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2015
Nutrient 2010 - 2015
Physical 2010 - 2015
Radiochemical 2012 - 2013
*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 MTVOLWQM_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Montana Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MTVOLWQM_WQX-MCUPPER9
MonitoringLocationName Merritt Creek Upper, between Merritt Ln and Harmony Rd crossings
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Merritt Creek Upper, between Merritt Ln and Harmony Rd crossings
HUCEightDigitCode 10030101
LatitudeMeasure 46.6710000000
LongitudeMeasure -111.9060000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET