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Marshyhope Creek (MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-MRH0311) 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 "Marshyhope Creek" and has the identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-MRH0311. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080109.

This site is located in Kent County County, Delaware at 38.8497830000 degrees latitude and -75.6736330000 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-MRH0311" 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 1998 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1998 - 2005
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1998 - 2005
Information 1998 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 2005
Nutrient 1998 - 2005
Organics, Other 1998 - 2005
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2001
Physical 1998 - 2005
*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-MRH0311
MonitoringLocationName Marshyhope Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Marshyhope Creek at Fisher bridge road crossing. (USGS gage)
HUCEightDigitCode 02080109
LatitudeMeasure 38.8497830000
LongitudeMeasure -75.6736330000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET