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East Fork Walker River @ Nordyke East (21NEV1_WQX-W3) 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 Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (identifier 21NEV1_WQX), has the name "East Fork Walker River @ Nordyke East" and has the identifier 21NEV1_WQX-W3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16050301.

This site is located in Lyon County County, Nevada at 38.8888206000 degrees latitude and -119.1679993000 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 "21NEV1_WQX-W3" 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 2019 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2025
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2025
Microbiological 1999 - 2025
Not Assigned 2019 - 2020
Nutrient 1999 - 2025
Organics, Other 2019 - 2020
Organics, PCBs 2019 - 2020
Organics, Pesticide 2019 - 2020
Physical 1999 - 2025
Stable Isotopes 2019 - 2020
*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 21NEV1_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEV1_WQX-W3
MonitoringLocationName East Fork Walker River @ Nordyke East
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText WALKER RIVER LONG TERM MONITORING SITE. EAST WALKER RIVER ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH WEST WALKER RIVER FROM EASTERN-MOST BRIDGE ON NORDYKE ROAD. SAMPLE IS TAKEN FROM BRIDGE ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE. NBEH (PRECURSOR TO NDEP) BEGAN SAMPLING THIS SITE ON 06-16-1
HUCEightDigitCode 16050301
LatitudeMeasure 38.8888206000
LongitudeMeasure -119.1679993000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET