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Salem River (NJDEP_DSREH-Salem River) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the NJDEP Div of Science, Research and Env Health (identifier NJDEP_DSREH), has the name "Salem River" and has the identifier NJDEP_DSREH-Salem River. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040206.

This site is located in Salem County County, New Jersey at 39.6696284000 degrees latitude and -75.4661749000 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_DSREH-Salem River" 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*
Not Assigned 2023 - 2023
Organics, Other 2023 - 2023
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2023 - 2023
Stable Isotopes 2023 - 2023
*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_DSREH
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Div of Science, Research and Env Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_DSREH-Salem River
MonitoringLocationName Salem River
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 02040206
LatitudeMeasure 39.6696284000
LongitudeMeasure -75.4661749000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 2400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET