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Inner Salem Harbor Approximately Approx. 1000 Feet West of Waterside Cemetery (11NPSWRD_WQX-SAMA_MBP_11) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Inner Salem Harbor Approximately Approx. 1000 Feet West of Waterside Cemetery" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SAMA_MBP_11. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090001.

This site is located in Essex County County, Massachusetts at 42.5127777770 degrees latitude and -70.8730555555 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-SAMA_MBP_11" 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*
Biological, Counts 1993 - 1993
Information 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Nutrient 1993 - 1993
Organics, Other 1993 - 1993
Organics, PCBs 1993 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1993 - 1993
Physical 1993 - 1993
Physical, Habitat 1993 - 1993
Radiochemical 1993 - 1993
Sediment 1993 - 1993
Toxicity 1993 - 1993
*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-SAMA_MBP_11
MonitoringLocationName Inner Salem Harbor Approximately Approx. 1000 Feet West of Waterside Cemetery
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
HUCEightDigitCode 01090001
LatitudeMeasure 42.5127777770
LongitudeMeasure -70.8730555555
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET