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Madison River near West Yellowstone, MT (11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_MDR) 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 "Madison River near West Yellowstone, MT" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-YELL_MDR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020007.

This site is located in Gallatin County County, Montana at 44.7155490000 degrees latitude and -111.1028350000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-YELL_MDR" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2014 - 2024
Nutrient 2014 - 2024
Physical 2014 - 2024
*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-YELL_MDR
MonitoringLocationName Madison River near West Yellowstone, MT
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is located at the Highway 191 crossing of the Madison River, just west of Yellowstone National Park, and approximately 6 km north of West Yellowstone, Montana. The river basin from the sample site encompasses approximately 109,000 hectares and drains much of the west-central portion of Yellowstone National Park. The Madison River begins at the confluence of the Gibbon and Firehole rivers both of which receive geothermal influence. A USGS gaging station (06037500) is located approximately 7.5 km upstream of the sample site. Coordinates (in decimal degrees) for the Hwy 191 bridge crossing of the Madison River are 44.715549, -111.102835 (WGS84). Sampling is conducted from an ATV/jeep trail bridge crossing east of, but paralleling Hwy 191.
HUCEightDigitCode 10020007
LatitudeMeasure 44.7155490000
LongitudeMeasure -111.1028350000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET