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East Branch Farmington River (CT_DEP01_WQX-20857) 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 "East Branch Farmington River" and has the identifier CT_DEP01_WQX-20857. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01080207.

This site is located in Litchfield County County, Connecticut at 41.8676150000 degrees latitude and -72.9544110000 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-20857" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2023 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2023 - 2023
Information 2023 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2023 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2023 - 2023
Nutrient 2023 - 2023
Organics, Other 2023 - 2023
Organics, Pesticide 2023 - 2024
Physical 2023 - 2024
*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-20857
MonitoringLocationName East Branch Farmington River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 01080207
LatitudeMeasure 41.8676150000
LongitudeMeasure -72.9544110000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 09
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET