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WQM BSA8 - Flandreau Creek near Minnesota Border (SDDENR_WQX-46BSA8) 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 South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (identifier SDDENR_WQX), has the name "WQM BSA8 - Flandreau Creek near Minnesota Border" and has the identifier SDDENR_WQX-46BSA8. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10170203.

This site is located in Moody County County, South Dakota at 44.0729170000 degrees latitude and -96.4666670000 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 "SDDENR_WQX-46BSA8" 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*
Information 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1999
Microbiological 1998 - 1999
Nutrient 1998 - 1999
Physical 1998 - 1999
*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 SDDENR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SDDENR_WQX-46BSA8
MonitoringLocationName WQM BSA8 - Flandreau Creek near Minnesota Border
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText WQM BSA8 - Flandreau Creek near Minnesota Border
HUCEightDigitCode 10170203
LatitudeMeasure 44.0729170000
LongitudeMeasure -96.4666670000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET