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TERRELL RIVER (STREAM INDEX #170) RM 0.2 (11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_NYDH_19) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "TERRELL RIVER (STREAM INDEX #170) RM 0.2" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_NYDH_19. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030202.

This site is located in Suffolk County County, New York at 40.7861111000 degrees latitude and -72.7743056000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_NYDH_19" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1966 - 1966
Physical 1966 - 1966
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_NYDH_19
MonitoringLocationName TERRELL RIVER (STREAM INDEX #170) RM 0.2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE MORICHES NY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE AND IS OUTSIDE OF FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE (FIIS) BOUNDARIES. THE SITE IS AT RIVER MILE 0.2 OF TERRELL RIVER; A TRIBUTARY OF MORICHES BAY (STREAM INDEX #170). WATER QUALITY DATA WERE COLLECTED AT THIS SITE ON 25 AUG 1966. UNITS WERE ASSUMED TO BE MG/L FOR D.O. AND CELSIUS FOR TEMPERATURE VALUES. MILEAGE INDEX WAS ASSUMED TO BE RIVER MILES. DATA ARE FROM THE STATEMENT OF ROBERT D. HENNIGAN (DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCE SERVICES; STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH) IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2022 SEPTEMBER 1966 CONFERENCE TITLED "IN THE MATTER OF POLLUTION OF THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF MORICHES BAY AND THE EASTERN SECTION OF GREAT SOUTH BAY AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES" HELD IN PATCHOGUE; NY (US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY SHAWNDRA MAWHORTER; NATIONAL PARK SERVICEWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525; TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 02030202
LatitudeMeasure 40.7861111000
LongitudeMeasure -72.7743056000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET