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Lake Oswego Canal at Childs Road (OREGONDEQ-10880-ORDEQ) 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 State of Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (identifier OREGONDEQ), has the name "Lake Oswego Canal at Childs Road" and has the identifier OREGONDEQ-10880-ORDEQ. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17090010.

This site is located in Clackamas County County, Oregon at 45.3862691600 degrees latitude and -122.7204516000 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 "OREGONDEQ-10880-ORDEQ" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 1987 - 1987
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1987 - 1987
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1972 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1970 - 1970
Microbiological 1970 - 1987
Nutrient 1970 - 1987
Organics, Other 1976 - 1987
Physical 1970 - 1987
*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 OREGONDEQ
OrganizationFormalName State of Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OREGONDEQ-10880-ORDEQ
MonitoringLocationName Lake Oswego Canal at Childs Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17090010
LatitudeMeasure 45.3862691600
LongitudeMeasure -122.7204516000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET