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Dead Cow Creek 3 (SVR-OSVR3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream intermittent site, maintained by the Sherwood Valley Band Of Pomo Indians (identifier SVR), has the name "Dead Cow Creek 3" and has the identifier SVR-OSVR3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010103.

This site is located in Mendocino County County, California at 39.5399200000 degrees latitude and -123.4870900000 degrees longitude using the datum OTHER. 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 "SVR-OSVR3" 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 2022 - 2024
Biological, Fish 2022 - 2024
Biological, Habitat, Filamentous Algae 2022 - 2024
Biological, Habitat, Plants 2022 - 2024
Information 2022 - 2024
Microbiological 2022 - 2022
Not Assigned 2022 - 2024
Nutrient 2022 - 2022
Organics, Other 2022 - 2024
Physical 2022 - 2024
Physical, Habitat 2022 - 2024
*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 SVR
OrganizationFormalName Sherwood Valley Band Of Pomo Indians
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SVR-OSVR3
MonitoringLocationName Dead Cow Creek 3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Intermittent
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is located on Dead Cow Creek just before a driveway crosses the creek. Willow, oak, blackberry, water mint, and unidentified aquatic plants are the primary riparian vegetation. The testing site is a wide pool. The stream bed consists of large, medium, and small rocks with sand and silt. The surrounding land use patterns consist of housing and gardens. There is a hydrological modification of a rocky stream crossing that kicks up silt into the water each time it is crossed.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010103
LatitudeMeasure 39.5399200000
LongitudeMeasure -123.4870900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET