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Nelson Reservoir - Upper Site (R8MONTWQ-NELR-03) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This reservoir site, maintained by the R8MONTWQ - EPA Region 8 Organization (identifier R8MONTWQ), has the name "Nelson Reservoir - Upper Site" and has the identifier R8MONTWQ-NELR-03. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10050014.

This site is located in Phillips County County, Montana at 48.4894000000 degrees latitude and -107.5555500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "R8MONTWQ-NELR-03" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
Nutrient 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 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 R8MONTWQ
OrganizationFormalName R8MONTWQ - EPA Region 8 Organization
MonitoringLocationIdentifier R8MONTWQ-NELR-03
MonitoringLocationName Nelson Reservoir - Upper Site
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Nelson Reservoir - Upper Site
HUCEightDigitCode 10050014
LatitudeMeasure 48.4894000000
LongitudeMeasure -107.5555500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET