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SCHUYLKILL RIVER FLOODPLAIN AT PAWLING RD (11NPSWRD_WQX-VAFO_USGS_12) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This land site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "SCHUYLKILL RIVER FLOODPLAIN AT PAWLING RD" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-VAFO_USGS_12. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040203.

This site is located in Montgomery County County, Pennsylvania at 40.1136944000 degrees latitude and -75.4709444000 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-VAFO_USGS_12" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1995 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 1995
Organics, Other 1995 - 1995
Organics, PCBs 1995 - 1995
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 1995
Stable Isotopes 1995 - 1995
*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-VAFO_USGS_12
MonitoringLocationName SCHUYLKILL RIVER FLOODPLAIN AT PAWLING RD
MonitoringLocationTypeName Land
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE VALLEY FORGE PA 7.5' SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. SITE 12 IS LOCATED WITHIN VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IN THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER FLOODPLAIN AT PAWLING ROAD. THE SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FROM WET SOIL 75 FEET DOWNSTREAM OF THE PAWLING ROAD BRIDGE AND 15 FEET FROM THE LEFT (LOOKING DOWNSTREAM) EDGE OF THE RIVER. THE SITE IS ADJACENT TO A PARKING LOT. THE FLOODPLAIN HAD NO STANDING WATER DURING THE SAMPLING. DATA ARE FROM USGS WATER RESOURCES INVESTI GATIONS REPORT 974120 "METALS; PESTICIDES; AND SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN SEDIMENT IN VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK; MONTGOMERY COUNTY; PENNSYLVANIA" (REIF & SLOTO; 1997). LAT/LONG VALUES WERE OBTAINED BY DIGITIZING A POINT ON THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED QUAD RANGLE. FOR INFO. ABOUT THE PARK CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES; VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK; P.O. BOX 953; VALLEY FORGE PA 19482 TEL(610)7831000. DATA WERE UPLOADED TO STORET BY ARIA BRISSETTE; NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LND
HUCEightDigitCode 02040203
LatitudeMeasure 40.1136944000
LongitudeMeasure -75.4709444000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET