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Gallatin River Middle Fork of WF Trib at Moonlight; top of experiment reach (MTWTRSHD_WQX-UPGL-GLTNT10) 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 "Gallatin River Middle Fork of WF Trib at Moonlight; top of experiment reach" and has the identifier MTWTRSHD_WQX-UPGL-GLTNT10. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020008.

This site is located in Madison County County, Montana at 45.2939000000 degrees latitude and -111.4220000000 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-UPGL-GLTNT10" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2008
Nutrient 2007 - 2008
*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-UPGL-GLTNT10
MonitoringLocationName Gallatin River Middle Fork of WF Trib at Moonlight; top of experiment reach
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Gallatin River Middle Fk of West Fk Trib at Moonlight Basin adjacent to the Timbers Lodge, mouth of culvert. This is the top of the Moonlight experimental reach
HUCEightDigitCode 10020008
LatitudeMeasure 45.2939000000
LongitudeMeasure -111.4220000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET