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High Rock Canyon Creek 10 miles South of Stevens Cabin on High Rock Canyon Road (21NEV1_WQX-p-NVW04485-100) 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 Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (identifier 21NEV1_WQX), has the name "High Rock Canyon Creek 10 miles South of Stevens Cabin on High Rock Canyon Road" and has the identifier 21NEV1_WQX-p-NVW04485-100. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16040203.

This site is located in Washoe County County, Nevada at 41.3853100000 degrees latitude and -119.4100000000 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 "21NEV1_WQX-p-NVW04485-100" 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*
Biological, Counts 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Microbiological 2007 - 2007
Nutrient 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 2007
*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 21NEV1_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEV1_WQX-p-NVW04485-100
MonitoringLocationName High Rock Canyon Creek 10 miles South of Stevens Cabin on High Rock Canyon Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From its origin to High Rock Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 16040203
LatitudeMeasure 41.3853100000
LongitudeMeasure -119.4100000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET