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Big Eddy MB5 (AWQDECJN-MB-6) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation (identifier AWQDECJN), has the name "Big Eddy MB5" and has the identifier AWQDECJN-MB-6. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19020302.

This site is located in Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska at 60.5133300 degrees latitude and -151.1216700 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "AWQDECJN-MB-6" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2003 - 2003
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier AWQDECJN
OrganizationFormalName State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AWQDECJN-MB-6
MonitoringLocationName Big Eddy MB5
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The last motorboat transect on the lower section of the river is located just upstream of Riverquest Campground at the downstream end of the vegetated island on the right bank. This sampling site was selected to capture the hydrocarbon inputs from the motorboats fishing the reaches upstream to the Soldotna Bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 19020302
LatitudeMeasure 60.5133300
LongitudeMeasure -151.1216700
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 122
ProviderName STORET