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Monocacy River (MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-MON0004) 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 "Monocacy River" and has the identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-MON0004. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070009.

This site is located in Frederick County County, Maryland at 39.2245330000 degrees latitude and -77.4498330000 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-MON0004" 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 2000 - 2008
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2000 - 2008
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2008
Information 2000 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2008
Microbiological 2003 - 2004
Nutrient 2000 - 2008
Organics, Other 2000 - 2008
Physical 2000 - 2008
*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-MON0004
MonitoringLocationName Monocacy River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Monocacy River @ boat ramp near C & O Canal Aquaduct at end of Mouth. Follow Monocacy Road which turns into Aquaduct Lane. Sample may be hard for some due to high iron fence on aquaduct. No flow possible due to size of Monocacy River
HUCEightDigitCode 02070009
LatitudeMeasure 39.2245330000
LongitudeMeasure -77.4498330000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET