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Union Creek at County Road 561 (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA01409580) 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 NJDEP Americorps Program (identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS), has the name "Union Creek at County Road 561" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA01409580. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040301.

This site is located in Atlantic County County, New Jersey at 39.5341670000 degrees latitude and -74.6313890000 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 "NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA01409580" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Information 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Physical, Habitat 2012 - 2012
Sediment 2012 - 2012
*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 NJDEP_AMERICORPS
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Americorps Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA01409580
MonitoringLocationName Union Creek at County Road 561
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream from bridge
HUCEightDigitCode 02040301
LatitudeMeasure 39.5341670000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6313890000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET