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BUFFALO LAKE AT TIERRA BLANCA (TCEQMAIN-10087) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (identifier TCEQMAIN), has the name "BUFFALO LAKE AT TIERRA BLANCA" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-10087. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11120101.

This site is located in Randall County County, Texas at 34.8678000000 degrees latitude and -102.1336000000 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 "TCEQMAIN-10087" 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, Cyanobacteria 1978 - 1988
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1978 - 1988
Information 1978 - 1978
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1987 - 1987
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1978 - 1988
Microbiological 1978 - 1987
Nutrient 1978 - 1988
Physical 1978 - 1988
*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 TCEQMAIN
OrganizationFormalName Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TCEQMAIN-10087
MonitoringLocationName BUFFALO LAKE AT TIERRA BLANCA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 11120101
LatitudeMeasure 34.8678000000
LongitudeMeasure -102.1336000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 381
ProviderName STORET