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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MTWTRSHD_WQX >  MTWTRSHD_WQX-SUN-SUNR52

Sun River at Sun River (MTWTRSHD_WQX-SUN-SUNR52) 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 Watershed (identifier MTWTRSHD_WQX), has the name "Sun River at Sun River" and has the identifier MTWTRSHD_WQX-SUN-SUNR52. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10030104.

This site is located in Cascade County County, Montana at 47.5341670000 degrees latitude and -111.7155560000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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-SUN-SUNR52" 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 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 2001 - 2004
Physical 2001 - 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 MTWTRSHD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Montana Watershed
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MTWTRSHD_WQX-SUN-SUNR52
MonitoringLocationName Sun River at Sun River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sun River at Sun River
HUCEightDigitCode 10030104
LatitudeMeasure 47.5341670000
LongitudeMeasure -111.7155560000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET