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West Branch Penobscot River - Dolby Pond Impoundment - Near Dam (PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-76-DP3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This riverine impoundment site, maintained by the Penobscot Nation (Tribal) (identifier PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR), has the name "West Branch Penobscot River - Dolby Pond Impoundment - Near Dam" and has the identifier PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-76-DP3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01020001.

This site is located in Penobscot County County, Maine at 45.6346090000 degrees latitude and -68.6100660000 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 "PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-76-DP3" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2015
Information 2012 - 2017
Microbiological 2012 - 2017
Nutrient 2012 - 2015
Physical 2012 - 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 PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR
OrganizationFormalName Penobscot Nation (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-76-DP3
MonitoringLocationName West Branch Penobscot River - Dolby Pond Impoundment - Near Dam
MonitoringLocationTypeName Riverine Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 01020001
LatitudeMeasure 45.6346090000
LongitudeMeasure -68.6100660000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET