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Dry Spottedtail Creek west of Mitchell (21NEB001_WQX-SNP3DSPTT121) 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 "Dry Spottedtail Creek west of Mitchell" and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-SNP3DSPTT121. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10180009.

This site is located in Scotts Bluff County County, Nebraska at 41.9427200000 degrees latitude and -103.8331000000 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-SNP3DSPTT121" 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 2017 - 2017
Microbiological 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2017 - 2017
Organics, Pesticide 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
*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-SNP3DSPTT121
MonitoringLocationName Dry Spottedtail Creek west of Mitchell
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Mitchell take State Hwy 26 west 0.8 miles to CR 13, then south for 0.4 miles to Co Rd E. Collect sample from stream on northeast corner of intersection.
HUCEightDigitCode 10180009
LatitudeMeasure 41.9427200000
LongitudeMeasure -103.8331000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 157
ProviderName STORET