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KEEP COOL CREEK (NARS-WMTP99-0516) 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 EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data (identifier NARS), has the name "KEEP COOL CREEK" and has the identifier NARS-WMTP99-0516. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010203.

This site is located in Lewis And Clark County County, Montana at 46.9700000 degrees latitude and -112.6200000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1416 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "NARS-WMTP99-0516" 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*
Information 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 2002 - 2002
Organics, Other 2002 - 2002
Physical 2002 - 2002
Sediment 2002 - 2002
*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 NARS
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS-WMTP99-0516
MonitoringLocationName KEEP COOL CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText FLOW is WADEABLE/SITE TYPE is EMAPPROB/Strahler Stream Order is 3/WATERSHED AREA is 23.813km^2/Station Weight (km): 803.9168/IBI Score: 49.681/OE Taxa Loss: 1.008
HUCEightDigitCode 17010203
LatitudeMeasure 46.9700000
LongitudeMeasure -112.6200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1416
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Photogrammetric
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET