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Cottonwood Creek at Parks Highway (AKDECWQ-MatSu OF01) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This storm sewer site, maintained by the Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation - Water Quality (identifier AKDECWQ), has the name "Cottonwood Creek at Parks Highway" and has the identifier AKDECWQ-MatSu OF01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19020401.

This site is located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough County, Alaska at 61.5087000000 degrees latitude and -149.4041100000 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 "AKDECWQ-MatSu OF01" 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 2011 - 2012
Nutrient 2011 - 2012
Organics, Other 2011 - 2012
Physical 2011 - 2012
*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 AKDECWQ
OrganizationFormalName Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation - Water Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AKDECWQ-MatSu OF01
MonitoringLocationName Cottonwood Creek at Parks Highway
MonitoringLocationTypeName Storm Sewer
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stormwater outfall, Lucille Lake at outfall pipes on NE end of lake
HUCEightDigitCode 19020401
LatitudeMeasure 61.5087000000
LongitudeMeasure -149.4041100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 170
ProviderName STORET