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Upgradient pond quality, Shorty Creek (OCC-P5) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This other-surface water site, maintained by the OCC - Otter Creek Coal (identifier OCC), has the name "Upgradient pond quality, Shorty Creek" and has the identifier OCC-P5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10090102.

This site is located in Powder River County County, Montana at 45.4937290000 degrees latitude and -106.1041930000 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 "OCC-P5" 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 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2015
Nutrient 2010 - 2015
Physical 2010 - 2015
*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 OCC
OrganizationFormalName OCC - Otter Creek Coal
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OCC-P5
MonitoringLocationName Upgradient pond quality, Shorty Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName Other-Surface Water
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upgradient pond quality, Shorty Creek (Original US State Plane MT 2500 coordinates: x:2838862 / y:472373.9)
HUCEightDigitCode 10090102
LatitudeMeasure 45.4937290000
LongitudeMeasure -106.1041930000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 075
ProviderName STORET