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Muck Creek at 8th Ave. East (NISQUALLY-Muc2) 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 Nisqually Indian Tribe (Tribal) (identifier NISQUALLY), has the name "Muck Creek at 8th Ave. East" and has the identifier NISQUALLY-Muc2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110015.

This site is located in Pierce County County, Washington at 47.0148799800 degrees latitude and -122.4217896190 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "NISQUALLY-Muc2" 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*
Microbiological 2008 - 2010
Nutrient 2008 - 2010
Physical 2008 - 2010
*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 NISQUALLY
OrganizationFormalName Nisqually Indian Tribe (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NISQUALLY-Muc2
MonitoringLocationName Muck Creek at 8th Ave. East
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17110015
LatitudeMeasure 47.0148799800
LongitudeMeasure -122.4217896190
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET