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Limekiln Brook (CT_DEP01_WQX-19956) 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 Connecticut Department Of Energy And Environmental Protection (identifier CT_DEP01_WQX), has the name "Limekiln Brook" and has the identifier CT_DEP01_WQX-19956. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01100005.

This site is located in Fairfield County County, Connecticut at 41.3919450000 degrees latitude and -73.3908530000 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 "CT_DEP01_WQX-19956" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2019 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2019 - 2019
Biological, Counts 2018 - 2018
Information 2018 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2018 - 2019
Physical 2018 - 2019
*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 CT_DEP01_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Connecticut Department Of Energy And Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CT_DEP01_WQX-19956
MonitoringLocationName Limekiln Brook
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 01100005
LatitudeMeasure 41.3919450000
LongitudeMeasure -73.3908530000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Satellite
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 09
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET