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Hog Creek (MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-HGE0015) 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 Maryland Dept. of the Environment In House Water Data (identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX), has the name "Hog Creek" and has the identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-HGE0015. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02060005.

This site is located in Caroline County County, Maryland at 38.7752000000 degrees latitude and -75.9235500000 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 "MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-HGE0015" 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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2010 - 2010
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2010 - 2010
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Nutrient 2010 - 2010
Organics, Other 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 2010
*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 MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Maryland Dept. of the Environment In House Water Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-HGE0015
MonitoringLocationName Hog Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Hog Creek Rd. crossing.
HUCEightDigitCode 02060005
LatitudeMeasure 38.7752000000
LongitudeMeasure -75.9235500000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 011
ProviderName STORET