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DRY CREEK (NARS-WWYP99-0656) 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 "DRY CREEK" and has the identifier NARS-WWYP99-0656. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10080001.

This site is located in Fremont County County, Wyoming at 43.2800000 degrees latitude and -109.4000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2403 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-WWYP99-0656" 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 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
*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-WWYP99-0656
MonitoringLocationName DRY CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText FLOW is PARTIAL WADEABLE/SITE TYPE is EMAPPROB/Strahler Stream Order is 2/WATERSHED AREA is 120.6638km^2/Station Weight (km): 285.9768/IBI Score: 52.454/OE Taxa Loss: 1.265
HUCEightDigitCode 10080001
LatitudeMeasure 43.2800000
LongitudeMeasure -109.4000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2403
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Photogrammetric
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET