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Raritan Bay at Keansburg NJ (IEC-NYNJCT-USGS_01407081) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Interstate Environmental Commission NewYork - New Jersey - Connecticut (identifier IEC-NYNJCT), has the name "Raritan Bay at Keansburg NJ" and has the identifier IEC-NYNJCT-USGS_01407081. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030104.

This site is located in Monmouth County County, New Jersey at 40.4489000000 degrees latitude and -74.1480600000 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 "IEC-NYNJCT-USGS_01407081" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2021 - 2023
Microbiological 2021 - 2023
Nutrient 2021 - 2023
Physical 2021 - 2023
*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 IEC-NYNJCT
OrganizationFormalName Interstate Environmental Commission NewYork - New Jersey - Connecticut
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IEC-NYNJCT-USGS_01407081
MonitoringLocationName Raritan Bay at Keansburg NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02030104
LatitudeMeasure 40.4489000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.1480600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET