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TKALA05_20200916_fw (11NPSWRD_WQX-KALA_0520200916) 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 "TKALA05_20200916_fw" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KALA_0520200916. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)20050000.

This site is located in Kalawao County County, Hawaii at 21.1429200000 degrees latitude and -156.9199400000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 277 m No vertical 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-KALA_0520200916" 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 2020 - 2020
Information 2020 - 2020
Nutrient 2020 - 2020
Physical 2020 - 2020
Physical, Habitat 2020 - 2020
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KALA_0520200916
MonitoringLocationName TKALA05_20200916_fw
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is located 400 m upstream of FKALA04. Water is below normal flow. Flowing among large boulders. There is plenty of leaf litter and guava in the water. Guava is the main canopy. Stream is split in three as it goes along the large boulders.
HUCEightDigitCode 20050000
LatitudeMeasure 21.1429200000
LongitudeMeasure -156.9199400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 277
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 15
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET