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SOUTHWEST PART OF KENILWORTH MARSH (11NPSWRD_WQX-NACE_HE_1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This wetland riverine-emergent site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "SOUTHWEST PART OF KENILWORTH MARSH" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-NACE_HE_1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070010.

This site is located in District Of Columbia County, District Of Columbia at 38.9104167000 degrees latitude and -76.9476111000 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-NACE_HE_1" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1988 - 1988
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1988 - 1988
Organics, BDEs 1988 - 1988
Organics, Other 1988 - 1988
Organics, PCBs 1988 - 1988
Organics, Pesticide 1988 - 1988
Stable Isotopes 1988 - 1988
*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-NACE_HE_1
MonitoringLocationName SOUTHWEST PART OF KENILWORTH MARSH
MonitoringLocationTypeName Wetland Riverine-Emergent
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE WASHINGTON EAST D.C.MD. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHICBATHYMETRIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS ON THE SOUTHWEST PART OF KENILWORTH MARSH; A TIDAL FRESHWATER WETLAND BETWEEN THE ANACOSTIA RIVER AND KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS. SAMPLES FOR THIS SITE WERE COLLECTED IN 1988 TO DETERMINE WHAT EPA PRIORITY POLLUTANTS WERE IN THE WATER COLUMN AND SEDIMENTS OF THE KENILWORTH MARSH AREA. THE RESULTS ARE IN "DATA EVALUATION: THE JULY 1988 KENILWORTH MARSH WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITY SYNOPTIC STUDY FOR NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKSEAST; WASHINGTON; D.C." BY WILLIAM B. REED AND RICHARD S. HAMMERSCHLAG. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS; 1100 OHIO DRIVE SW; WASHINGTON DC 20242. TEL(202)6197222. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY PAUL MCELVERY AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80525. TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/FWTLND
HUCEightDigitCode 02070010
LatitudeMeasure 38.9104167000
LongitudeMeasure -76.9476111000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 11
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET