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Cottonwood River near Plymouth (21KAN001_WQX-SC275) 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 Kansas Department Of Health And Environment (identifier 21KAN001_WQX), has the name "Cottonwood River near Plymouth" and has the identifier 21KAN001_WQX-SC275. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11070203.

This site is located in Chase County County, Kansas at 38.3977500000 degrees latitude and -96.3566100000 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 "21KAN001_WQX-SC275" 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*
Information 1979 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 2016
Microbiological 1974 - 2016
Nutrient 1974 - 2016
Organics, Other 2000 - 2016
Organics, PCBs 1979 - 2016
Organics, Pesticide 1974 - 2016
Physical 1974 - 2016
Radiochemical 2009 - 2016
*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 21KAN001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21KAN001_WQX-SC275
MonitoringLocationName Cottonwood River near Plymouth
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 11070203
LatitudeMeasure 38.3977500000
LongitudeMeasure -96.3566100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET