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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  PUYALLUP_WQX >  PUYALLUP_WQX-SIM-1.1

Simons Creek (PUYALLUP_WQX-SIM-1.1) 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 Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation (Tribal) (identifier PUYALLUP_WQX), has the name "Simons Creek" and has the identifier PUYALLUP_WQX-SIM-1.1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110019.

This site is located in Pierce County County, Washington at 47.2209664647 degrees latitude and -122.3096834460 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 46 cm 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 "PUYALLUP_WQX-SIM-1.1" 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 2022 - 2023
Nutrient 1998 - 2023
Organics, Other 1998 - 2023
Physical 1998 - 2023
*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 PUYALLUP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PUYALLUP_WQX-SIM-1.1
MonitoringLocationName Simons Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 40th St E/90th Ave
HUCEightDigitCode 17110019
LatitudeMeasure 47.2209664647
LongitudeMeasure -122.3096834460
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 46
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode cm
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET