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ALLEGHENY RIVER (21PA_WQX-WQN0805) 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 "ALLEGHENY RIVER" and has the identifier 21PA_WQX-WQN0805. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05010003.

This site is located in Forest County County, Pennsylvania at 41.5700000000 degrees latitude and -79.4056000000 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-WQN0805" 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*
Biological, Counts 1991 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2022
Not Assigned 1998 - 2001
Nutrient 1998 - 2022
Organics, Other 1998 - 2019
Organics, PCBs 2009 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2009 - 2019
Physical 1998 - 2022
Radiochemical 2009 - 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 21PA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21PA_WQX-WQN0805
MonitoringLocationName ALLEGHENY RIVER
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SR0127 BR @ WEST HICKORY
HUCEightDigitCode 05010003
LatitudeMeasure 41.5700000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.4056000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET