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Patuxent R E of B-W Pkwy (NWRSFWS_WQX-PWR01) 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 National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service (identifier NWRSFWS_WQX), has the name "Patuxent R E of B-W Pkwy" and has the identifier NWRSFWS_WQX-PWR01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02060006.

This site is located in Prince George's County County, Maryland at 39.0678900000 degrees latitude and -76.8305700000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 1 Sec.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "NWRSFWS_WQX-PWR01" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2017
Nutrient 2016 - 2017
Organics, Other 2016 - 2017
Physical 2016 - 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 NWRSFWS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NWRSFWS_WQX-PWR01
MonitoringLocationName Patuxent R E of B-W Pkwy
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Guessed on county since the river is the boundary. Water depth based on first entry from 2017 sampling effort.
HUCEightDigitCode 02060006
LatitudeMeasure 39.0678900000
LongitudeMeasure -76.8305700000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Sec
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET