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St. Martin River (EMAP_CS-MD01-0028) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This estuary site, maintained by the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (identifier EMAP_CS), has the name "St. Martin River" and has the identifier EMAP_CS-MD01-0028. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040303.

This site is located in Worcester County County, Maryland at 38.3950000 degrees latitude and -75.1287000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "EMAP_CS-MD01-0028" 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 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2001 - 2001
Not Assigned 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2001 - 2001
Organics, Other 2001 - 2001
Organics, PCBs 2001 - 2001
Organics, Pesticide 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2001
Toxicity 2001 - 2001
*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 EMAP_CS
OrganizationFormalName Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EMAP_CS-MD01-0028
MonitoringLocationName St. Martin River
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station area= 1.05 ;Strata= MD00-02 ;GIS region= Atlantic Ocean ;GIS Class= < 100 SQ.Kilometers
HUCEightDigitCode 02040303
LatitudeMeasure 38.3950000
LongitudeMeasure -75.1287000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET