Monitoring Sites

Monitoring Sites

The following is a list of monitoring sites at which water quality data is (or was, or will be) collected. The sites were selected in conjunction with National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) primary investigators in the smolt monitoring program. Site selection criteria included the ability to determine environmental information to aid characterization of temporal distributions, abundance, and behavior of anadromous fish at various lifestages. Baseline water quality and hydrologic information to support these characterization studies was the first objective of this program.

Sites

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Bear Valley/Elk CreekThe site is located about 50 meters below the confluence of Bear Valley Creek and Elk Creek.
Big Creek (upper)This site is located about 60 km upstream from the mouth of Big Creek.
Camas CreekThis site is located about 23 km above the mouth of Camas Creek and 80 km above the mouth of the Middle Fork Salmon R.
Cape Horn CreekThis site is located about 180 km above the mouth of the Middle Fork Salmon River and 150 m above the Marsh Creek site.
Chamberlain CreekThis site is located about 25 km above mouth of Chamberlain Creek.
Herd CreekThis site is located about 1 km above the mouth of Herd Creek adjacent to an irrigation diversion.
KrasselSouth Fork Salmon River near Krassel Ranger Station
Lake CreekThis site is located about 30 m below the Nez Perce Tribe screw trap.
Loon CreekThis site is located about 31 km above the mouth of Loon Creek near Tin Cup Campground.
Marsh CreekHeadwaters of the Middle Fork Salmon River just below the confluence of Marsh Creek and Cape Horn Creek
S. Fork Salmon-
Sawtooth HatcherySalmon River near the Sawtooth Hatchery
Secesh RiverSecesh River near Chinook Campground
South Fork SalmonSouth Fork Salmon River near the Forest Service Road 22 bridge near Knox, Id
Sulphur CreekThe site is about 10 km above the stream mouth, near Sulphur Creek Ranch.
Taylor RanchIn Big Creek near the east end of the Taylor Ranch air strip
Thomas CreekMiddle Fork Salmon River near the mouth of Thomas Creek in the River of No-Return Wilderness Area.
Valley CreekValley Creek above confluence with Salmon River, near Stanley, Id.
West Fork Chamberlain CreekThis site is located about 25 km above the mouth of Chamberlain Creek in W.F. Chamberlain Ck.
Yankee ForkSalmon River below the mouth of the Yankee Fork