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Manchester Inner Harbor - Off boat ramp (SSCW-169) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Salem Sound Coastwatch (Volunteer) (identifier SSCW), has the name "Manchester Inner Harbor - Off boat ramp" and has the identifier SSCW-169. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090001.

This site is located in Essex County County, Massachusetts at 42.5745600000 degrees latitude and -70.7728830000 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 "SSCW-169" 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*
Microbiological 2014 - 2014
*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 SSCW
OrganizationFormalName Salem Sound Coastwatch (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SSCW-169
MonitoringLocationName Manchester Inner Harbor - Off boat ramp
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 01090001
LatitudeMeasure 42.5745600000
LongitudeMeasure -70.7728830000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET