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Oak Orchard Creek (21NYDECA_WQX-OAKORCHCK_05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the New York State Dec Division Of Water (identifier 21NYDECA_WQX), has the name "Oak Orchard Creek" and has the identifier 21NYDECA_WQX-OAKORCHCK_05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04130001.

This site is located in Orleans County County, New York at 43.3642000000 degrees latitude and -78.1911000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 84.7 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-OAKORCHCK_05" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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, Minor, Metals 1997 - 1997
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 1997
Organics, Other 1997 - 1997
Organics, PCBs 1997 - 1997
Organics, Pesticide 1997 - 1997
Physical 1997 - 1997
Radiochemical 1997 - 1997
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21NYDECA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName New York State Dec Division Of Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NYDECA_WQX-OAKORCHCK_05
MonitoringLocationName Oak Orchard Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Oak Orchard Ck., Orleans County Marina At Dock #20
HUCEightDigitCode 04130001
LatitudeMeasure 43.3642000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.1911000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 84.7
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET