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Flathead River at Buffalo Bridge (CSKTRIBE-FHR-FBB6580) 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 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (identifier CSKTRIBE), has the name "Flathead River at Buffalo Bridge" and has the identifier CSKTRIBE-FHR-FBB6580. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010212.

This site is located in Lake County County, Montana at 47.6488246900 degrees latitude and -114.3459093300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "CSKTRIBE-FHR-FBB6580" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2007 - 2008
Information 2001 - 2004
Microbiological 2010 - 2011
Nutrient 2010 - 2011
Organics, Pesticide 2001 - 2008
Physical 2001 - 2011
*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 CSKTRIBE
OrganizationFormalName Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CSKTRIBE-FHR-FBB6580
MonitoringLocationName Flathead River at Buffalo Bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fixed Field Site and a Flathead River Project Site
HUCEightDigitCode 17010212
LatitudeMeasure 47.6488246900
LongitudeMeasure -114.3459093300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET