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Bear Creek at Valley View Road (North of Ashland) (OREGONDEQ-10434-ORDEQ) 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 State of Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (identifier OREGONDEQ), has the name "Bear Creek at Valley View Road (North of Ashland)" and has the identifier OREGONDEQ-10434-ORDEQ. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17100308.

This site is located in Jackson County County, Oregon at 42.2211674700 degrees latitude and -122.7405099000 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 "OREGONDEQ-10434-ORDEQ" 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, Cyanobacteria 1985 - 1995
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1985 - 1995
Information 2011 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1972 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1965 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2011 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2011 - 2015
Microbiological 1960 - 1993
Not Assigned 1990 - 2020
Nutrient 1965 - 2015
Organics, BDEs 2015 - 2015
Organics, Other 1985 - 2020
Organics, PCBs 2011 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2011 - 2020
Physical 1960 - 2020
Radiochemical 2015 - 2015
Stable Isotopes 2011 - 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 OREGONDEQ
OrganizationFormalName State of Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OREGONDEQ-10434-ORDEQ
MonitoringLocationName Bear Creek at Valley View Road (North of Ashland)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17100308
LatitudeMeasure 42.2211674700
LongitudeMeasure -122.7405099000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET