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Olentangy River near Worthington OH (USGS-03226800) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Ohio Water Science Center (identifier USGS-OH), has the name "Olentangy River near Worthington OH" and has the identifier USGS-03226800. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05060001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 497 sq mi.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Ohio at 40.11034100000000 degrees latitude and -83.0318515000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 742.36 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Reported method of determination." is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-03226800" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1973 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1964 - 1989
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1964 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1975 - 1977
Microbiological 1987 - 1989
Nutrient 1964 - 1977
Organics, Other 1974 - 1977
Physical 1964 - 1989
Sediment 1966 - 1966
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-OH
OrganizationFormalName USGS Ohio Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-03226800
MonitoringLocationName Olentangy River near Worthington OH
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05060001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 497
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.11034100000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.0318515000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 742.36
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 39
CountyCode 049
ProviderName NWIS