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Little Buffalo Creek (NARS_WQX-IAS9-0922) 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 EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS) (identifier NARS_WQX), has the name "Little Buffalo Creek" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-IAS9-0922. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100003.

This site is located in Winnebago County County, Iowa at 43.3591496500 degrees latitude and -93.8684291600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 361.71 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "NARS_WQX-IAS9-0922" 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 2014 - 2014
Biological, Counts 2013 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
*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 NARS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS_WQX-IAS9-0922
MonitoringLocationName Little Buffalo Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SmallStreams
HUCEightDigitCode 07100003
LatitudeMeasure 43.3591496500
LongitudeMeasure -93.8684291600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 361.71
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 189
ProviderName STORET