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P296 - Salt Creek (EPA_GLNPO-P296) 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 EPA Great Lakes National Program (identifier EPA_GLNPO), has the name "P296 - Salt Creek" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-P296. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001.

This site is located in Porter County County, Indiana at 41.6133330000 degrees latitude and -87.1750000000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 100 m. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "EPA_GLNPO-P296" 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 1994 - 1994
Biological, Counts 1994 - 1994
Biological, Fish 1994 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 1994
Not Assigned 1994 - 1994
Organics, Other 1994 - 1994
Organics, PCBs 1994 - 1994
Organics, Pesticide 1994 - 1994
Physical 1994 - 1994
*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 EPA_GLNPO
OrganizationFormalName EPA Great Lakes National Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_GLNPO-P296
MonitoringLocationName P296 - Salt Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fish Monitoring Port - Sport Fish - Salt Creek (L.Michigan)
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.6133330000
LongitudeMeasure -87.1750000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 127
ProviderName STORET