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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  31DELRBC_WQX >  31DELRBC_WQX-Rancocas Creek near mouth

Rancocas Creek near mouth (31DELRBC_WQX-Rancocas Creek near mouth) 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 Delaware River Basin Commission (identifier 31DELRBC_WQX), has the name "Rancocas Creek near mouth" and has the identifier 31DELRBC_WQX-Rancocas Creek near mouth. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040202.

This site is located in Burlington County County, New Jersey at 40.0443660000 degrees latitude and -74.9616160000 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 "31DELRBC_WQX-Rancocas Creek near mouth" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2004 - 2004
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2004 - 2008
Information 2004 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2008
Microbiological 2004 - 2008
Nutrient 2004 - 2008
Organics, Other 2004 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2008
Physical 2004 - 2008
Stable Isotopes 2004 - 2008
*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 31DELRBC_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Delaware River Basin Commission
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 31DELRBC_WQX-Rancocas Creek near mouth
MonitoringLocationName Rancocas Creek near mouth
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040202
LatitudeMeasure 40.0443660000
LongitudeMeasure -74.9616160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET