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Vaitele Stream near Tafuna (11NPSWRD_WQX-NPSA_M-E_S05) 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 "Vaitele Stream near Tafuna" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-NPSA_M-E_S05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)22030000.

This site is located in Western District County, American Samoa at -14.3122770900 degrees latitude and -170.7255731700 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-NPSA_M-E_S05" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 1979 - 1979
Nutrient 1979 - 1979
Physical 1979 - 1979
*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-NPSA_M-E_S05
MonitoringLocationName Vaitele Stream near Tafuna
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Vaitele Stream near Tafuna. This site is approximately 700 meters west of the intersection of Routes 1 and 16 in northern Tafuna. Researcher noted this was a stream to be used as a background site.
HUCEightDigitCode 22030000
LatitudeMeasure -14.3122770900
LongitudeMeasure -170.7255731700
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 60
CountyCode 050
ProviderName STORET