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Kennebec River at North Sidney, Maine (USGS-01049265) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Maine Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ME), has the name "Kennebec River at North Sidney, Maine" and has the identifier USGS-01049265. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01030003. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 5403 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 5403 sq mi.

This site is located in Kennebec County County, Maine at 44.47222220000000 degrees latitude and -69.6838888900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 15.12 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01049265" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1979 - 1981
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1979 - 1980
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1979 - 1980
Biological, Counts 1979 - 1981
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1979 - 1980
Information 1992 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1978 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1978 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1979 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1979 - 1999
Microbiological 1978 - 1995
Nutrient 1978 - 2000
Organics, Other 1978 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 1999
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 1999
Physical 1978 - 2014
Radiochemical 1980 - 1999
Sediment 1978 - 2000
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ME
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maine Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01049265
MonitoringLocationName Kennebec River at North Sidney, Maine
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 01030003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 5403
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 5403
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 44.47222220000000
LongitudeMeasure -69.6838888900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 15.12
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 011
ProviderName NWIS