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Salcha Middle Site (AKDECWQ-Salcha 02) 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 Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation - Water Quality (identifier AKDECWQ), has the name "Salcha Middle Site" and has the identifier AKDECWQ-Salcha 02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19080305.

This site is located in Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska at 64.4872500000 degrees latitude and -146.6157000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-Salcha 02" 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*
Physical 2021 - 2022
*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-Salcha 02
MonitoringLocationName Salcha Middle Site
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sonde deployment site established by DEC used 2021-2022
HUCEightDigitCode 19080305
LatitudeMeasure 64.4872500000
LongitudeMeasure -146.6157000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 090
ProviderName STORET