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UW Station 52 surface (KINGCOUNTY-52_surface) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the King County (Washington) (identifier KINGCOUNTY), has the name "UW Station 52 surface" and has the identifier KINGCOUNTY-52_surface. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110019.

This site is located in King County County, Washington at 47.3519500000 degrees latitude and -122.4830000000 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 "KINGCOUNTY-52_surface" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2012
Nutrient 2006 - 2012
*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 KINGCOUNTY
OrganizationFormalName King County (Washington)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier KINGCOUNTY-52_surface
MonitoringLocationName UW Station 52 surface
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sample taken at surface
HUCEightDigitCode 17110019
LatitudeMeasure 47.3519500000
LongitudeMeasure -122.4830000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET