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Swiftwater Campground MB7 (AWQDECJN-MB-7) 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 State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation (identifier AWQDECJN), has the name "Swiftwater Campground MB7" and has the identifier AWQDECJN-MB-7. 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 60.4800600 degrees latitude and -151.0283300 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-7" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Physical 2003 - 2003
*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 AWQDECJN
OrganizationFormalName State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AWQDECJN-MB-7
MonitoringLocationName Swiftwater Campground MB7
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The background transect was located above the motorboat launch at Swiftwater Campground. These sites were sampled first each Tuesday morning to determine if there are background concentrations of hydrocarbon contamination above this point on the river.
HUCEightDigitCode 19020302
LatitudeMeasure 60.4800600
LongitudeMeasure -151.0283300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 122
ProviderName STORET