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TOUCHET RIVER AT SIMS RD BRIDGE NEAR TOUCHET, WA (USGS-14017450) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Washington Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WA), has the name "TOUCHET RIVER AT SIMS RD BRIDGE NEAR TOUCHET, WA" and has the identifier USGS-14017450. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17070102. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Walla Walla County County, Washington at 46.15821110000000 degrees latitude and -118.6479917000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 3 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1835 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 1.6 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-14017450" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2020 - 2022
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Washington Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-14017450
MonitoringLocationName TOUCHET RIVER AT SIMS RD BRIDGE NEAR TOUCHET, WA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17070102
LatitudeMeasure 46.15821110000000
LongitudeMeasure -118.6479917000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 3
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1835
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.6
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 071
ProviderName NWIS