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TURKEY CREEK_NEAR ABILIENE (EPA_R7_WQX-KS_SPA281) 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 R7 (identifier EPA_R7_WQX), has the name "TURKEY CREEK_NEAR ABILIENE" and has the identifier EPA_R7_WQX-KS_SPA281. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10260008.

This site is located in Dickinson County County, Kansas at 38.8159100000 degrees latitude and -97.1863400000 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 "EPA_R7_WQX-KS_SPA281" 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, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Not Assigned 2008 - 2008
Organics, Other 2008 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2008 - 2008
*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_R7_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA R7
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_R7_WQX-KS_SPA281
MonitoringLocationName TURKEY CREEK_NEAR ABILIENE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10260008
LatitudeMeasure 38.8159100000
LongitudeMeasure -97.1863400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET