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Winterberry Way at Taylor Bk upstream of spillway (NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR04) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service (identifier NWRSFWS_WQX), has the name "Winterberry Way at Taylor Bk upstream of spillway" and has the identifier NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR04. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01070005.

This site is located in Middlesex County County, Massachusetts at 42.4062407200 degrees latitude and -71.4550132500 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 "NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR04" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2017 - 2017
Organics, Other 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier NWRSFWS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR04
MonitoringLocationName Winterberry Way at Taylor Bk upstream of spillway
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Winterberry Way at Taylor Bk, upstream of spillway. There is a beaver dam that gets created at the sampling location. Would be good in the future to remove that dam in advance of sampling. Waders needed to access sampling location. Sample should be taken on upstream side of spillway. Water depth based on first entry from 2017 sampling effort.
HUCEightDigitCode 01070005
LatitudeMeasure 42.4062407200
LongitudeMeasure -71.4550132500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET