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Bear Creek (NARS_WQX-IDLS-1063) 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 Resources Survey (NARS) (identifier NARS_WQX), has the name "Bear Creek" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-IDLS-1063. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17040104.

This site is located in Bonneville County County, Idaho at 43.2759800000 degrees latitude and -111.2419000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1745.03 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_WQX-IDLS-1063" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2013 - 2013
Biological, Counts 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Nutrient 2013 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2013
Physical 2013 - 2013
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS_WQX-IDLS-1063
MonitoringLocationName Bear Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LargeStreams
HUCEightDigitCode 17040104
LatitudeMeasure 43.2759800000
LongitudeMeasure -111.2419000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1745.03
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 16
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET