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Calamus River 15 miles northeast of Elsmere (21NEB001_WQX-SLO2CALAM401) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (identifier 21NEB001_WQX), has the name "Calamus River 15 miles northeast of Elsmere" and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-SLO2CALAM401. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10210008.

This site is located in Brown County County, Nebraska at 42.2770800000 degrees latitude and -99.9963900000 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 "21NEB001_WQX-SLO2CALAM401" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2019 - 2019
Microbiological 2019 - 2019
Nutrient 2019 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2019 - 2019
Physical 2019 - 2019
*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 21NEB001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEB001_WQX-SLO2CALAM401
MonitoringLocationName Calamus River 15 miles northeast of Elsmere
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Brewster take State Hwy 7 north for approx. 24 miles to Elsmere Rd, then west for 6.5 miles to road on the east side of the Calamus river, then north 1.8 miles to sample collection station.
HUCEightDigitCode 10210008
LatitudeMeasure 42.2770800000
LongitudeMeasure -99.9963900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET