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LEWIS RIVER AT MERWIN DAM AT ARIEL, WA (USGS-14220200) 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 "LEWIS RIVER AT MERWIN DAM AT ARIEL, WA" and has the identifier USGS-14220200. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17080002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cowlitz County County, Washington at 45.95566767000000 degrees latitude and -122.5567676000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-14220200" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1976 - 1980
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1976 - 1980
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1976 - 1980
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1977 - 1980
Nutrient 1976 - 1980
Physical 1976 - 1980
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Washington Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-14220200
MonitoringLocationName LEWIS RIVER AT MERWIN DAM AT ARIEL, WA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17080002
LatitudeMeasure 45.95566767000000
LongitudeMeasure -122.5567676000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 015
ProviderName NWIS