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Lake: Capitol Lake @ 5th Avenue SW bridge (THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Thurston County Health Department (identifier THURSTONCOUNTY), has the name "Lake: Capitol Lake @ 5th Avenue SW bridge" and has the identifier THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110016.

This site is located in Thurston County County, Washington at 47.0434100000 degrees latitude and -122.9088600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 20.01135 ft 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 "THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL000" 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*
Not Assigned 2007 - 2010
Nutrient 2004 - 2010
Physical 2004 - 2010
*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 THURSTONCOUNTY
OrganizationFormalName Thurston County Health Department
MonitoringLocationIdentifier THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL000
MonitoringLocationName Lake: Capitol Lake @ 5th Avenue SW bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Owner: Thurston County; County Health ID BUDCAL000; County_ID Capitol Lake @ 5th Avenue SW bridge; Ecology ID: CAP02; ;GData ID: 1794;USGS ID: 12080025; Location_type: Gage - Pond/Lake; Location Description: ; Parcel ID: 91007100000
HUCEightDigitCode 17110016
LatitudeMeasure 47.0434100000
LongitudeMeasure -122.9088600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 20.01135
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET