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YELLOW BREECHES CREEK (21PA_WQX-WQF101210435) 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 PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (identifier 21PA_WQX), has the name "YELLOW BREECHES CREEK" and has the identifier 21PA_WQX-WQF101210435. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050305.

This site is located in Cumberland County County, Pennsylvania at 40.1050000000 degrees latitude and -77.2961000000 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 "21PA_WQX-WQF101210435" 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*
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Organics, PCBs 2012 - 2012
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21PA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21PA_WQX-WQF101210435
MonitoringLocationName YELLOW BREECHES CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText YELLOW BREECHES AT HUNTSDALE DISCHARGE
HUCEightDigitCode 02050305
LatitudeMeasure 40.1050000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.2961000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET