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Lake Helena Outlet at causeway (MTVOLWQM_WQX-HAB-PKLYPRCK) 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 "Lake Helena Outlet at causeway" and has the identifier MTVOLWQM_WQX-HAB-PKLYPRCK. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10030101.

This site is located in Lewis And Clark County County, Montana at 46.7027100000 degrees latitude and -111.9018900000 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 "MTVOLWQM_WQX-HAB-PKLYPRCK" 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, Cyanobacteria 2018 - 2020
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria 2022 - 2022
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2022 - 2022
*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-HAB-PKLYPRCK
MonitoringLocationName Lake Helena Outlet at causeway
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 10030101
LatitudeMeasure 46.7027100000
LongitudeMeasure -111.9018900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET