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SCSD-305 (SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSD-305) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Salt Chuck Mine, State of Alaska (identifier SALTCHUCK_WQX), has the name "SCSD-305" and has the identifier SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSD-305. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19010103.

This site is located in Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, Alaska at 55.6254610000 degrees latitude and -132.5566110000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSD-305" 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, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Stable Isotopes 2012 - 2012
*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 SALTCHUCK_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Salt Chuck Mine, State of Alaska
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSD-305
MonitoringLocationName SCSD-305
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Intertidal
HUCEightDigitCode 19010103
LatitudeMeasure 55.6254610000
LongitudeMeasure -132.5566110000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 198
ProviderName STORET