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Pedernales River at Farm Road 1320 (11NPSWRD_WQX-LYJO_LCRA_1320) 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 "Pedernales River at Farm Road 1320" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-LYJO_LCRA_1320. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12090206.

This site is located in Blanco County County, Texas at 30.2720030000 degrees latitude and -98.5470000000 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-LYJO_LCRA_1320" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 1985 - 1999
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1985 - 1999
Information 1984 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1985 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 1995
Microbiological 1985 - 1999
Nutrient 1984 - 1999
Organics, Other 1985 - 1999
Organics, PCBs 1995 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 1995
Physical 1985 - 1999
*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-LYJO_LCRA_1320
MonitoringLocationName Pedernales River at Farm Road 1320
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located on the Rocky Creek, TexasBlanco County 7.5 minute (topographic) quadrangle. The site is located at the Pedernales River near the Farm Road 1320 Bridge. Data at this station have been collected by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) since 1984. Historically, LCRA provided their data to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) and the TNRCC uploaded some of the data for this site to EPA Legacy STORET under Organization ID 21TXWQB at STORET Station ID 12375. These data uploaded by the TNRCC are presently available for public retrieval at EPA's STORET Legacy Data Center. The data entered into STORET by the National Park Service at its version of the same site, STORET Station ID LYJO_LCRA_1320, contains only those LCRA water and sediment records not uploaded to Legacy STORET by the TNRCC. For more information about LCRA, contact Jerry Guajardo at the LCRA; P.O. Box 220; Austin, TX 78767; (tel. 5124733200).
HUCEightDigitCode 12090206
LatitudeMeasure 30.2720030000
LongitudeMeasure -98.5470000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET