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Mercer Lake (NJDEP_BFBM-FTM048) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the NJDEP Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring (identifier NJDEP_BFBM), has the name "Mercer Lake" and has the identifier NJDEP_BFBM-FTM048. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040105.

This site is located in Mercer County County, New Jersey at 40.2662170000 degrees latitude and -74.6417880000 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_BFBM-FTM048" 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, Fish 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2017
Not Assigned 2017 - 2017
Organics, Other 2017 - 2017
Organics, PCBs 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
*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_BFBM
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_BFBM-FTM048
MonitoringLocationName Mercer Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040105
LatitudeMeasure 40.2662170000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6417880000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 2400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET