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ROCK CREEK (NARS_WQX-WORP99-0505) 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 "ROCK CREEK" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-WORP99-0505. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17100202.

This site is located in Columbia County County, Oregon at 45.8821900000 degrees latitude and -123.2980100000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 230 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-WORP99-0505" 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.

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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, Counts 2000 - 2000
Information 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Organics, Other 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2000
*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-WORP99-0505
MonitoringLocationName ROCK CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText XLON_DD="-123.29801";XLAT_DD="45.88219";STRAHLER="3";ST_ORDER="3rd";FLOWSITE="WADEABLE";SITETYPE="WESTPROB";XSTATUS="SAMPLEABLE";VALXSTAT="WADEABLE";TNT="T";STRATUM="OR";INDXVIS_EXTENT="YES";SAMPCHEM="YES";INDXVIS_CHEM="YES";INDEXYR_CHEM="2000";INDEXVIS_CHEM="1";SAMPBENT="YES";INDEX_SAMPTYPE="REACHWIDE";INDEXYR_BENT="2000";INDEXVIS_BENT="1";INDXVIS_BENT="YES";SAMPPHAB="YES";INDXVIS_PHAB="YES";INDEXYR_PHAB="2000";INDEXVIS_PHAB="1";EPAREGION="REGION_10";WESTEAST="WEST";RT_WSA="S";WSAREA="131.5824";ECO3="1";ECO3_NM="COAST RANGE";ECOWSA9="WMT";ECOWSA3="WMTNS";NAECO3="7.1.8";NAECO2="7.1";NAECO2_NM="MARINE WEST COAST FOREST";NAECO1="7";ECOREPORT="MARINE WEST COAST FOREST";HUC2="17";HUC4="1710";HUC6="171002";HUC8_NM="NEHALEM" See WSA publication EPA841-B-06-002 for description of description fields.
HUCEightDigitCode 17100202
LatitudeMeasure 45.8821900000
LongitudeMeasure -123.2980100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 230
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET