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Wallkill River Near Cork Hill and Passaic (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0298D) 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 "Wallkill River Near Cork Hill and Passaic" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0298D. 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 41.0861110000 degrees latitude and -74.6000000000 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-WA0298D" 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 2013 - 2013
Information 2011 - 2013
Organics, Other 2011 - 2013
Physical 2011 - 2013
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2013
Sediment 2011 - 2013
*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-WA0298D
MonitoringLocationName Wallkill River Near Cork Hill and Passaic
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The Wallkill runs through the Backwards Tunnel after it passes the Cork Hill and Passaic intersection and then 25 yards or so downstream of the Backwards Tunnel is the start of WA0298D. The river is fast moving through this section.
HUCEightDigitCode 02020007
LatitudeMeasure 41.0861110000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6000000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET