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MDE-43 (MDEDAT01_WQX-MDE-43) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Maryland Dept. of the Environment Dredging Ambient Data (identifier MDEDAT01_WQX), has the name "MDE-43" and has the identifier MDEDAT01_WQX-MDE-43. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02060001.

This site is located in Baltimore County County, Maryland at 39.2323090000 degrees latitude and -76.3581940000 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 "MDEDAT01_WQX-MDE-43" 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*
Biological, Counts 2008 - 2014
Information 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2014
Not Assigned 2004 - 2013
Nutrient 2008 - 2014
Organics, Other 2004 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 2004 - 2013
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2010
Physical 2008 - 2014
Radiochemical 2004 - 2014
*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 MDEDAT01_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Maryland Dept. of the Environment Dredging Ambient Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDEDAT01_WQX-MDE-43
MonitoringLocationName MDE-43
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located on the southeast side of HMI and was established to increase spatial coverage to better monitor the possible effects of the South Cell discharge from Spillway 003
HUCEightDigitCode 02060001
LatitudeMeasure 39.2323090000
LongitudeMeasure -76.3581940000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET