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Deer Lodge River (Clark Fork River) (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_RSL_DEERL) 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 "Deer Lodge River (Clark Fork River)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_RSL_DEERL. 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 46.3973140000 degrees latitude and -112.7425777000 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_RSL_DEERL" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1891 - 1891
Physical 1891 - 1891
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRKO_RSL_DEERL
MonitoringLocationName Deer Lodge River (Clark Fork River)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Deer Lodge River (later renamed Clark Fork River) has its origins in the numerous small streams in the hills, chiefly to the westward of Butte, Montana and on the divide, upon which also rise many of the affluents of the Jefferson Fork of the Missouri. Flowing northward through a rich agricultural valley, it joins the Little Blackfoot River at Garrison, Montana about 45 miles north of Silver Bow, Montana. In its course from Silver Bow to Garrison the Deer Lodge River receives a great number of small streams from the mountains on each side of the valley. From the east come Browns Gulch, Silver Bow, Peterson, Cottonwood, and Freezeout creeks; while from the west the number is much greater, including Willow, Warm Spring, Lost Modesty, RaceTrack, Dempsey, Punch, Tincup Joe, and Rock creeks. Although these are all comparatively small streams, they are, with few exceptions, well filled with trout.
HUCEightDigitCode 17010201
LatitudeMeasure 46.3973140000
LongitudeMeasure -112.7425777000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET