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Squankum Branch at Williamstown NJ (USGS-01410850) 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 "Squankum Branch at Williamstown NJ" and has the identifier USGS-01410850. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040302. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 1.22 sq mi.

This site is located in Gloucester County County, New Jersey at 39.68111110000000 degrees latitude and -74.9836111000000 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.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01410850" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1976 - 1976
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1976 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 1974
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1974
Nutrient 1974 - 1974
Organics, Other 1974 - 1974
Physical 1974 - 2008
*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-NJ
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01410850
MonitoringLocationName Squankum Branch at Williamstown NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040302
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1.22
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 39.68111110000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.9836111000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 015
ProviderName NWIS