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South Prairie Slough (PUYALLUP_WQX-SPC-S) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This wetland estuarine-marsh site, maintained by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation (Tribal) (identifier PUYALLUP_WQX), has the name "South Prairie Slough" and has the identifier PUYALLUP_WQX-SPC-S. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110014.

This site is located in Pierce County County, Washington at 47.1334940000 degrees latitude and -122.1264060000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 361 cm No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "PUYALLUP_WQX-SPC-S" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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 2019 - 2022
*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 PUYALLUP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PUYALLUP_WQX-SPC-S
MonitoringLocationName South Prairie Slough
MonitoringLocationTypeName Wetland Estuarine-Marsh
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText outside of restoration area
HUCEightDigitCode 17110014
LatitudeMeasure 47.1334940000
LongitudeMeasure -122.1264060000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 361
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode cm
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET