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Big Muddy Creek - Middle (FORTPECK-BM-S-BM-015) 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 Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes Fort Peck Indian Reservation (MT) (identifier FORTPECK), has the name "Big Muddy Creek - Middle" and has the identifier FORTPECK-BM-S-BM-015. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10060006.

This site is located in Roosevelt County County, Montana at 48.3397220000 degrees latitude and -104.5888800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "FORTPECK-BM-S-BM-015" 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 2008 - 2023
Biological, Counts 1992 - 2022
Biological, Fish 2008 - 2020
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Information 2012 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1995 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1995 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 2023
Microbiological 1999 - 2023
Not Assigned 2012 - 2023
Nutrient 1995 - 2023
Organics, Other 2012 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2012 - 2014
Physical 1991 - 2023
Physical, Habitat 2008 - 2020
*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 FORTPECK
OrganizationFormalName Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes Fort Peck Indian Reservation (MT)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier FORTPECK-BM-S-BM-015
MonitoringLocationName Big Muddy Creek - Middle
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText HS
HUCEightDigitCode 10060006
LatitudeMeasure 48.3397220000
LongitudeMeasure -104.5888800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET