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Bear Creek (KAWNATON_WQX-KN-BC1) 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 Kaw Nation, Oklahoma (Tribal) (identifier KAWNATON_WQX), has the name "Bear Creek" and has the identifier KAWNATON_WQX-KN-BC1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11060001.

This site is located in Kay County County, Oklahoma at 36.8541730000 degrees latitude and -96.8835820000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "KAWNATON_WQX-KN-BC1" 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 2007 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2010
Microbiological 2006 - 2010
Nutrient 2006 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2010
Physical 2006 - 2014
*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 KAWNATON_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Kaw Nation, Oklahoma (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier KAWNATON_WQX-KN-BC1
MonitoringLocationName Bear Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Creek sampling site on Bear Creek
HUCEightDigitCode 11060001
LatitudeMeasure 36.8541730000
LongitudeMeasure -96.8835820000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 40
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET