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Chemung River (21NYDECA_WQX-05010005) 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 New York State Dec Division Of Water (identifier 21NYDECA_WQX), has the name "Chemung River" and has the identifier 21NYDECA_WQX-05010005. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050105.

This site is located in Chemung County County, New York at 42.0027778000 degrees latitude and -76.6341667000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 237 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21NYDECA_WQX-05010005" 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 2012 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 2014
Microbiological 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 2008 - 2014
Organics, Other 1997 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 1997 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1997 - 2013
Physical 1997 - 2014
*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 21NYDECA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName New York State Dec Division Of Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NYDECA_WQX-05010005
MonitoringLocationName Chemung River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Wyncoop Creek Rd, Chemung
HUCEightDigitCode 02050105
LatitudeMeasure 42.0027778000
LongitudeMeasure -76.6341667000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 237
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET