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West Fork Big Blue River Northwest of Dorchester (21NEB001_WQX-SBB3WFBBR160) 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 Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (identifier 21NEB001_WQX), has the name "West Fork Big Blue River Northwest of Dorchester" and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-SBB3WFBBR160. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10270203.

This site is located in Seward County County, Nebraska at 40.7311200000 degrees latitude and -97.1779900000 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 "21NEB001_WQX-SBB3WFBBR160" 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 2022 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2022
Microbiological 2012 - 2022
Not Assigned 2009 - 2013
Nutrient 2009 - 2022
Organics, Pesticide 2009 - 2022
Physical 2009 - 2022
*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 21NEB001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEB001_WQX-SBB3WFBBR160
MonitoringLocationName West Fork Big Blue River Northwest of Dorchester
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located at county road bridge, 6.2 miles Northwest of Dorchester or 3 miles North of Seward-Saline county line on Highway 6 and 34, then 3 miles West on Denton Road and 0.75 mile South on Road 336 to river.
HUCEightDigitCode 10270203
LatitudeMeasure 40.7311200000
LongitudeMeasure -97.1779900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 159
ProviderName STORET