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Sandy Creek Location 2 (EPA_R7_WQX-SANDY2) 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 "Sandy Creek Location 2" and has the identifier EPA_R7_WQX-SANDY2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10280201.

This site is located in Putnam County County, Missouri at 40.4978408800 degrees latitude and -92.8379044100 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 256.947 m No vertical 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-SANDY2" 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 2009 - 2010
Biological, Primary Production 2009 - 2010
Information 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2010
Physical 2009 - 2010
Toxicity 2009 - 2010
*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-SANDY2
MonitoringLocationName Sandy Creek Location 2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText WBID="NA";Easting="513735.428";Northing="4483027.688"
HUCEightDigitCode 10280201
LatitudeMeasure 40.4978408800
LongitudeMeasure -92.8379044100
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 256.947
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 171
ProviderName STORET