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Middle Fork West Fork Gallatin River above confluence with North Fork (MTVOLWQM_WQX-GRTF-MF-CN) 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 Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring (identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX), has the name "Middle Fork West Fork Gallatin River above confluence with North Fork" and has the identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX-GRTF-MF-CN. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10020008.

This site is located in Gallatin County County, Montana at 45.2662730000 degrees latitude and -111.3216820000 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-GRTF-MF-CN" 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 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2015 - 2018
Physical 2017 - 2018
*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-GRTF-MF-CN
MonitoringLocationName Middle Fork West Fork Gallatin River above confluence with North Fork
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Middle Fork West Fork Gallatin River above confluence with North Fork
HUCEightDigitCode 10020008
LatitudeMeasure 45.2662730000
LongitudeMeasure -111.3216820000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET