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Cottonwood Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_FISH_COTT) 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 National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Cottonwood Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_FISH_COTT. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010201.

This site is located in Powell County County, Montana at 46.4028958000 degrees latitude and -112.7410706000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_FISH_COTT" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 2002 - 2002
Biological, Fish 2002 - 2002
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_FISH_COTT
MonitoringLocationName Cottonwood Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Nearly the entire length of Cottonwood Creek within the Historic Site was surveyed; the downstream end of the reach began at the irrigation ditch just above the Clark Fork River and extended 412 m upstream to the eastern boundary fence. Cottonwood Creek was 24 m wide and the substrate ranged from silt to cobble, with silt predominant. Aquatic macrophytes and filamentous algae were common and there were two small beaver dams on the stream. The upstream end of the reach is located at latitude 46.40256 and longitude 112.73884 and the downstream end of the reach is located at latitude 46.40361 and longitude 112.74353. The given latitude and longitude is the middle of the reach.
HUCEightDigitCode 17010201
LatitudeMeasure 46.4028958000
LongitudeMeasure -112.7410706000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET