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Johnson Branch @ Shawnee Rd. (Rt. 36) (21DELAWQ_WQX-208261) 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 Delaware Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control (identifier 21DELAWQ_WQX), has the name "Johnson Branch @ Shawnee Rd. (Rt. 36)" and has the identifier 21DELAWQ_WQX-208261. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040207.

This site is located in Sussex County County, Delaware at 38.8728780000 degrees latitude and -75.4761000000 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 "21DELAWQ_WQX-208261" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application

Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2010 - 2010
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2002 - 2004
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2010
Biological, Aquatic Plants 2010 - 2010
Biological, Counts 2010 - 2010
Biological, Habitat, Filamentous Algae 2010 - 2010
Information 2005 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2010
Microbiological 2002 - 2005
Nutrient 2002 - 2010
Organics, Other 2002 - 2010
Physical 2002 - 2010
*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 21DELAWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Delaware Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21DELAWQ_WQX-208261
MonitoringLocationName Johnson Branch @ Shawnee Rd. (Rt. 36)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Johnson Branch @ Shawnee Rd. (Rt. 36)
HUCEightDigitCode 02040207
LatitudeMeasure 38.8728780000
LongitudeMeasure -75.4761000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET