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BELLE FOURCHE RIVER AT DEVILS TOWER, WY (USGS-06427850) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Wyoming Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WY), has the name "BELLE FOURCHE RIVER AT DEVILS TOWER, WY" and has the identifier USGS-06427850. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10120201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Crook County County, Wyoming at 44.58942820000000 degrees latitude and -104.7038545000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-06427850" 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 1975 - 1977
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1975 - 1975
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1975 - 1975
Biological, Counts 1975 - 1977
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1975 - 1975
Information 1978 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 1986
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1967 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1967 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1967 - 1977
Microbiological 1973 - 1977
Nutrient 1967 - 1986
Organics, Other 1974 - 1977
Organics, Pesticide 1978 - 1992
Physical 1967 - 1992
*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 USGS-WY
OrganizationFormalName USGS Wyoming Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06427850
MonitoringLocationName BELLE FOURCHE RIVER AT DEVILS TOWER, WY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10120201
LatitudeMeasure 44.58942820000000
LongitudeMeasure -104.7038545000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 011
ProviderName NWIS