Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MASSDEP >  MASSDEP-W1958

East Branch (Palmer River) (MASSDEP-W1958) 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 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) (identifier MASSDEP), has the name "East Branch (Palmer River)" and has the identifier MASSDEP-W1958. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090004.

This site is located in Bristol County County, Massachusetts at 41.8468923800 degrees latitude and -71.2555188500 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "MASSDEP-W1958" 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*
Microbiological 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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 MASSDEP
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MASSDEP-W1958
MonitoringLocationName East Branch (Palmer River)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText [at the Beckwith Middle School outdoor classroom, approximately 720 feet downstream from the Winthrop Street (Route 44) crossing nearest river mouth, Rehoboth]
HUCEightDigitCode 01090004
LatitudeMeasure 41.8468923800
LongitudeMeasure -71.2555188500
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET