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Papakating Creek (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0303) 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 "Papakating Creek" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0303. 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 41.1665880000 degrees latitude and -74.7271770000 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-WA0303" 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, Counts 2011 - 2012
Information 2011 - 2012
Organics, Other 2011 - 2012
Physical 2011 - 2012
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2012
Sediment 2011 - 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-WA0303
MonitoringLocationName Papakating Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Parking on side of street. There is an old deer path that you can follow to area to do assessment. Heavy brush and tree canopy. Site had no erosion present and looked to be in great condition.
HUCEightDigitCode 02020007
LatitudeMeasure 41.1665880000
LongitudeMeasure -74.7271770000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET