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Big Sky Lake South Hole (MTVOLWQM_WQX-BIG SKY_2) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the Montana Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring (identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX), has the name "Big Sky Lake South Hole" and has the identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX-BIG SKY_2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010203.

This site is located in Missoula County County, Montana at 47.1133000000 degrees latitude and -113.3879800000 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 "MTVOLWQM_WQX-BIG SKY_2" 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*
Information 2009 - 2019
Nutrient 2021 - 2021
Physical 2009 - 2019
*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 MTVOLWQM_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Montana Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MTVOLWQM_WQX-BIG SKY_2
MonitoringLocationName Big Sky Lake South Hole
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 40' deep southern hole
HUCEightDigitCode 17010203
LatitudeMeasure 47.1133000000
LongitudeMeasure -113.3879800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 063
ProviderName STORET