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Sandy Creek Near Ruella (21KAN001_WQX-SC619) 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 Kansas Department Of Health And Environment (identifier 21KAN001_WQX), has the name "Sandy Creek Near Ruella" and has the identifier 21KAN001_WQX-SC619. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11060004.

This site is located in Harper County County, Kansas at 37.0651000000 degrees latitude and -98.2204000000 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 "21KAN001_WQX-SC619" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application

Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1991 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1991 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1991 - 2015
Microbiological 1991 - 2015
Nutrient 1991 - 2015
Organics, Other 1999 - 2015
Organics, PCBs 1991 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 2015
Physical 1991 - 2015
Radiochemical 2009 - 2015
*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 21KAN001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21KAN001_WQX-SC619
MonitoringLocationName Sandy Creek Near Ruella
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText County Road Bridge, 1.0 Mile South And 2.0 Miles West Of Ruella
HUCEightDigitCode 11060004
LatitudeMeasure 37.0651000000
LongitudeMeasure -98.2204000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET