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Rock Creek at Horsethief Station FAS (MDEQ_WQ_WQX-Y05ROCKC60) 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 Montana DEQ WQPB (identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX), has the name "Rock Creek at Horsethief Station FAS" and has the identifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-Y05ROCKC60. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10070006.

This site is located in Carbon County County, Montana at 45.2344280000 degrees latitude and -109.2314600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "MDEQ_WQ_WQX-Y05ROCKC60" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2023 - 2023
Biological, Counts 2023 - 2023
Information 2002 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2022 - 2023
Microbiological 2023 - 2023
Nutrient 2022 - 2023
Organics, Other 2022 - 2023
Physical 2002 - 2023
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Montana DEQ WQPB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDEQ_WQ_WQX-Y05ROCKC60
MonitoringLocationName Rock Creek at Horsethief Station FAS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Rock Creek at Horsethief Station FAS
HUCEightDigitCode 10070006
LatitudeMeasure 45.2344280000
LongitudeMeasure -109.2314600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET