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Elizabeth River at Ursino Lake at Elizabeth NJ (USGS-01393450) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NJ), has the name "Elizabeth River at Ursino Lake at Elizabeth NJ" and has the identifier USGS-01393450. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030104. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 16.9 sq mi.

This site is located in Union County County, New Jersey at 40.67500000000000 degrees latitude and -74.2219444000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 0.00 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.

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1979 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1979 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1979 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1979 - 2006
Microbiological 1979 - 1997
Nutrient 1979 - 1997
Organics, Other 1979 - 1997
Organics, PCBs 1979 - 1990
Organics, Pesticide 1979 - 1990
Physical 1973 - 2008
Radiochemical 1981 - 1981
Sediment 1978 - 1994
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NJ
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01393450
MonitoringLocationName Elizabeth River at Ursino Lake at Elizabeth NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02030104
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 16.9
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.67500000000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.2219444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 039
ProviderName NWIS