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Silver Creek at Hwy 31 (OREGONDEQ-10740-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 "Silver Creek at Hwy 31" and has the identifier OREGONDEQ-10740-ORDEQ. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17120005.

This site is located in Lake County County, Oregon at 43.1280020000 degrees latitude and -121.0620751000 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-10740-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 1982 - 1983
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1977 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1982 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1982 - 1982
Microbiological 1977 - 1982
Nutrient 1977 - 1983
Organics, Other 1977 - 1983
Physical 1977 - 1983
*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-10740-ORDEQ
MonitoringLocationName Silver Creek at Hwy 31
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17120005
LatitudeMeasure 43.1280020000
LongitudeMeasure -121.0620751000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET