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Beaver Lake at deep site (MTWTRSHD_WQX-BEAVER) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the Montana Watershed (identifier MTWTRSHD_WQX), has the name "Beaver Lake at deep site" and has the identifier MTWTRSHD_WQX-BEAVER. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010210.

This site is located in Flathead County County, Montana at 48.4330900000 degrees latitude and -114.4213200000 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 "MTWTRSHD_WQX-BEAVER" 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 2012 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2016 - 2021
Nutrient 2012 - 2021
Physical 2011 - 2021
*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 MTWTRSHD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Montana Watershed
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MTWTRSHD_WQX-BEAVER
MonitoringLocationName Beaver Lake at deep site
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText located in Flathead County northwest of Whitefish on northern edge of Lion Mountain. Some previous data has been uploaded as BEAVER01.
HUCEightDigitCode 17010210
LatitudeMeasure 48.4330900000
LongitudeMeasure -114.4213200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET