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West Fork Calcasieu River Northwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana (LADEQWPD_WQX-0092) 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 LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana) (identifier LADEQWPD_WQX), has the name "West Fork Calcasieu River Northwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana" and has the identifier LADEQWPD_WQX-0092. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08080205.

This site is located in Calcasieu Parish County, Louisiana at 30.2974150000 degrees latitude and -93.2489610000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. The horizontal location collection method was "Unknown" and the accuracy is 12 m. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "LADEQWPD_WQX-0092" 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*
Information 2015 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2008
Microbiological 2004 - 2020
Not Assigned 2004 - 2020
Nutrient 2004 - 2020
Organics, Other 2004 - 2020
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2020
Physical 2004 - 2020
Stable Isotopes 2004 - 2004
*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 LADEQWPD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LADEQWPD_WQX-0092
MonitoringLocationName West Fork Calcasieu River Northwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText off Dennis Lane dock north of Davis Road bridge, at Sam Houston Jones State Park off LA-378, 3.2 miles west of US-171 and LA-378 intersection, 5.2 miles northwest of Lake Charles, 8.7 miles northeast of Sulphur
HUCEightDigitCode 08080205
LatitudeMeasure 30.2974150000
LongitudeMeasure -93.2489610000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET