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Sand Creek west of Colon (21NEB001_WQX-SLP2SANDC221) 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 "Sand Creek west of Colon" and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-SLP2SANDC221. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10220002.

This site is located in Knox County County, Nebraska at 42.4529940000 degrees latitude and -97.5242530000 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-SLP2SANDC221" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Microbiological 2016 - 2016
Not Assigned 2016 - 2016
Nutrient 2016 - 2016
Organics, Pesticide 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2016
*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-SLP2SANDC221
MonitoringLocationName Sand Creek west of Colon
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Take US Highway 77 through Wahoo to State highway 109 north for 4 miles, then west on County Rd Q for 1.5 miles, collect sample on the north side of road.
HUCEightDigitCode 10220002
LatitudeMeasure 42.4529940000
LongitudeMeasure -97.5242530000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 107
ProviderName STORET