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Pochuck Creek at Maple Grange Rd. (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0296) 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 "Pochuck Creek at Maple Grange Rd." and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0296. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02020007.

This site is located in Sussex County County, New Jersey at 41.2229840000 degrees latitude and -74.4753050000 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-WA0296" 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*
Biological, Counts 2011 - 2021
Information 2012 - 2021
Organics, Other 2012 - 2013
Physical 2012 - 2021
Physical, Habitat 2012 - 2021
Sediment 2012 - 2021
*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-WA0296
MonitoringLocationName Pochuck Creek at Maple Grange Rd.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located off of Maple Grange Road in Vernon, NJ. There is parking down the street. Do not assess area during flooding and heavy rain periods.
HUCEightDigitCode 02020007
LatitudeMeasure 41.2229840000
LongitudeMeasure -74.4753050000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET