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South Fork behind Five Cedars (NOOKSACK_WQX-415) 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 Nooksack Indian Tribe (Tribal) (identifier NOOKSACK_WQX), has the name "South Fork behind Five Cedars" and has the identifier NOOKSACK_WQX-415. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110004.

This site is located in Whatcom County County, Washington at 48.7817000000 degrees latitude and -122.2050000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "NOOKSACK_WQX-415" 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*
Physical 2014 - 2014
*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 NOOKSACK_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nooksack Indian Tribe (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NOOKSACK_WQX-415
MonitoringLocationName South Fork behind Five Cedars
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Probe cabled to root system along rip rap on leftbank about 100 meters downstream of entrance to 5 Cedars
HUCEightDigitCode 17110004
LatitudeMeasure 48.7817000000
LongitudeMeasure -122.2050000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET