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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  WYDEQ_WATERSHED >  WYDEQ_WATERSHED-MRW0213

Big Sandy River Big Sandy Opening (WYDEQ_WATERSHED-MRW0213) 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 State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Watershed Program (identifier WYDEQ_WATERSHED), has the name "Big Sandy River Big Sandy Opening" and has the identifier WYDEQ_WATERSHED-MRW0213. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10180006.

This site is located in Natrona County County, Wyoming at 42.6633250000 degrees latitude and -106.8998500000 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 "WYDEQ_WATERSHED-MRW0213" 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 2017 - 2018
Information 2017 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2017 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2017 - 2018
Not Assigned 2017 - 2018
Physical 2017 - 2018
*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 WYDEQ_WATERSHED
OrganizationFormalName State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Watershed Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WYDEQ_WATERSHED-MRW0213
MonitoringLocationName Big Sandy River Big Sandy Opening
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10180006
LatitudeMeasure 42.6633250000
LongitudeMeasure -106.8998500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET