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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  31ORWUNT >  31ORWUNT-BR-5.3M

BEAVER R @ BEAVER FALLS PA MP5.3 (31ORWUNT-BR-5.3M) 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 Ohio River Sanitation Commission (identifier 31ORWUNT), has the name "BEAVER R @ BEAVER FALLS PA MP5.3" and has the identifier 31ORWUNT-BR-5.3M. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05030104.

This site is located in Beaver County County, Pennsylvania at 40.7633333 degrees latitude and -80.3152778 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "31ORWUNT-BR-5.3M" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2002
Nutrient 1999 - 2008
Organics, Other 1999 - 2008
Physical 1999 - 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 31ORWUNT
OrganizationFormalName Ohio River Sanitation Commission
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 31ORWUNT-BR-5.3M
MonitoringLocationName BEAVER R @ BEAVER FALLS PA MP5.3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SIMPLE GRAB SAMPLE COLLECTED AT THE INTAKE OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA¶WATERWORKS LOCATED IN BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA M.P. 5.3. (SAMPLE ¶COLLECTED FROM THE INTAKE LINE IN PUMPING STATION.) ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (31ORWUNT) ON 22-SEP-00¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: OHIO RIVER ¶BASIN CODE: 050300¶MINOR BASIN NAME: BEAVER RIVER
HUCEightDigitCode 05030104
LatitudeMeasure 40.7633333
LongitudeMeasure -80.3152778
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET