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FLATHEAD RIVER JUST ABOVE FLATHEAD LAKE (MONT_DEQ_WQX-FBC05012) 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 MONT_DEQ_WQX - Montana DEQ - Pre-1999 Data (identifier MONT_DEQ_WQX), has the name "FLATHEAD RIVER JUST ABOVE FLATHEAD LAKE" and has the identifier MONT_DEQ_WQX-FBC05012. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010208.

This site is located in Flathead County County, Montana at 48.0588890000 degrees latitude and -114.1202780000 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 "MONT_DEQ_WQX-FBC05012" 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, Major, Metals 1978 - 1987
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1978 - 1987
Not Assigned 1987 - 1993
Nutrient 1977 - 1993
Organics, Other 1977 - 1993
Physical 1977 - 1993
*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 MONT_DEQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName MONT_DEQ_WQX - Montana DEQ - Pre-1999 Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MONT_DEQ_WQX-FBC05012
MonitoringLocationName FLATHEAD RIVER JUST ABOVE FLATHEAD LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17010208
LatitudeMeasure 48.0588890000
LongitudeMeasure -114.1202780000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET