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Big Knife Coulee north of culvert under Haystack Rd, eastside of Azure Site (CHIPCREE_WQX-BKC2) 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 Chippewa Cree Tribe @ Rocky Boy Indian Reservation (identifier CHIPCREE_WQX), has the name "Big Knife Coulee north of culvert under Haystack Rd, eastside of Azure Site" and has the identifier CHIPCREE_WQX-BKC2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10050005.

This site is located in Hill County County, Montana at 48.3003611111 degrees latitude and -109.7910555556 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 2.1 #/m2.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CHIPCREE_WQX-BKC2" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2012 - 2012
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CHIPCREE_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Chippewa Cree Tribe @ Rocky Boy Indian Reservation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CHIPCREE_WQX-BKC2
MonitoringLocationName Big Knife Coulee north of culvert under Haystack Rd, eastside of Azure Site
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Big Knife Coulee, tributary of Wolf Creek, east and near Queensville.
HUCEightDigitCode 10050005
LatitudeMeasure 48.3003611111
LongitudeMeasure -109.7910555556
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode #/m2
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET