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Manasquan River at Rt 547 Connecting Road (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0493) 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 "Manasquan River at Rt 547 Connecting Road" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0493. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040301.

This site is located in Monmouth County County, New Jersey at 40.1608330000 degrees latitude and -74.1541670000 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-WA0493" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 2011 - 2011
Information 2011 - 2011
Organics, Other 2011 - 2011
Physical 2011 - 2011
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2011
Sediment 2011 - 2011
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Americorps Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0493
MonitoringLocationName Manasquan River at Rt 547 Connecting Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText South of connecting road between 547 N and S near Rt 195 ramp. Wooded. Small utility building. USGS gauge and dam. Trout stocked. Rt 547 N and S run over site. Very muddy. Park at Mackenzie Museum and Library. Hard to access. Bridged highways and over passes overhead. Large vernal pools
HUCEightDigitCode 02040301
LatitudeMeasure 40.1608330000
LongitudeMeasure -74.1541670000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET