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Puget Sound (NARS_WQX-WA04-0046) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS) (identifier NARS_WQX), has the name "Puget Sound" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-WA04-0046. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110002.

This site is located in Whatcom County County, Washington at 48.9028330000 degrees latitude and -122.9141440000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential" and the accuracy is 100 m.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "NARS_WQX-WA04-0046" 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, Phytoplankton 2004 - 2004
Biological, Counts 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Not Assigned 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Organics, PCBs 2004 - 2004
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
Population/Community 2004 - 2004
Radiochemical 2004 - 2004
Toxicity 2004 - 2004
*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 NARS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS_WQX-WA04-0046
MonitoringLocationName Puget Sound
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Strata="WA_Puget";HexSize="240.09736398";SQKilometers="0";Note="See NCCA publications for description of fields stored in this comment field."
HUCEightDigitCode 17110002
LatitudeMeasure 48.9028330000
LongitudeMeasure -122.9141440000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET