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Passaic River at Park's Northern Boundary (11NPSWRD_WQX-MORR_MELE_2) 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 "Passaic River at Park's Northern Boundary" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MORR_MELE_2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030103.

This site is located in Morris County County, New Jersey at 40.7538973000 degrees latitude and -74.5518760000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-MORR_MELE_2" 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, Counts 1983 - 1983
Information 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1982 - 1983
Microbiological 1982 - 1983
Nutrient 1982 - 1983
Organics, Other 1982 - 1983
Physical 1982 - 1983
*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-MORR_MELE_2
MonitoringLocationName Passaic River at Park's Northern Boundary
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The Passaic River is the second longest river in New Jersey. It is a roving, relatively slowmoving river whose headwaters are in Leddell Pond just outside the boundaries of Morristown National Historical Park. It is by far the largest of the five water systems in the present study. A remnant of glacial Lake Passaic, this river borders or passes through seven of New Jersey's counties before finally draining into Newark Bay.
HUCEightDigitCode 02030103
LatitudeMeasure 40.7538973000
LongitudeMeasure -74.5518760000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET