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RESACA DE LOS FRESNOS AT US HW 77 AT SAN BENITO (11NPSWRD_WQX-PAAL_USGS_HW77) 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 "RESACA DE LOS FRESNOS AT US HW 77 AT SAN BENITO" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PAAL_USGS_HW77. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12110208.

This site is located in Cameron County County, Texas at 26.1306667000 degrees latitude and -97.6421111000 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-PAAL_USGS_HW77" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Information 1986 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1986 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1986 - 1986
Organics, Other 1986 - 1986
Organics, PCBs 1986 - 1986
Organics, Pesticide 1986 - 1986
Physical 1986 - 1986
Radiochemical 1986 - 1986
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PAAL_USGS_HW77
MonitoringLocationName RESACA DE LOS FRESNOS AT US HW 77 AT SAN BENITO
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HARLINGEN TEXAS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE AND IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. THE SITE (#7) IS LOCATED AT THE RESACA DE LOS FRESNOS AT US HIGHWAY 77 AT SAN BENITO. DATA ARE FROM USGS WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 874277 "RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATION OF WATER QUALITY; BOTTOM SEDIMENT; AND BIOTA ASSOCIATED WITH IRRIGATION DRAINAGE IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; TEXAS; 198687" (WELLS; JACKSON AND ROGERS; 1988). FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORIC SITE CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES; PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE; 1623 CENTRAL BLVD #213; BROWNESVILLE TX 785208326; TEL(956)5412785. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY ARIA BRISSETTE; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 805255596; TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 12110208
LatitudeMeasure 26.1306667000
LongitudeMeasure -97.6421111000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET