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WQM 79 (SDDENR_WQX-460679) 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 South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (identifier SDDENR_WQX), has the name "WQM 79" and has the identifier SDDENR_WQX-460679. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10120111.

This site is located in Pennington County County, South Dakota at 44.0884200000 degrees latitude and -102.8340600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "SDDENR_WQX-460679" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Information 2004 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1977 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1977 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2021
Microbiological 1977 - 2021
Not Assigned 1982 - 1994
Nutrient 1977 - 2021
Physical 1976 - 2021
Radiochemical 2006 - 2006
*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 SDDENR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SDDENR_WQX-460679
MonitoringLocationName WQM 79
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Cheyenne River to S22, T2N, R8E
HUCEightDigitCode 10120111
LatitudeMeasure 44.0884200000
LongitudeMeasure -102.8340600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET