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Ayer (Elwanger) Creek @ near Sienna Dr SE (THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-DESAY0400) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the Thurston County Health Department (identifier THURSTONCOUNTY), has the name "Ayer (Elwanger) Creek @ near Sienna Dr SE" and has the identifier THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-DESAY0400. 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 46.9741000000 degrees latitude and -122.8611500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 151.93192 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-DESAY0400" 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 1992 - 1998
Nutrient 1992 - 1998
Physical 1992 - 1998
*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-DESAY0400
MonitoringLocationName Ayer (Elwanger) Creek @ near Sienna Dr SE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Owner: Thurston County; County Health ID DESAY0400; County_ID Ayer (Elwanger) Creek @ near Sienna Dr SE; Ecology ID: 13-AYE-00.0; 13-AYE-00.0;GData ID: 1140;USGS ID: ; Location_type: Gage - Stream; Location Description: ; Parcel ID: 70830005600
HUCEightDigitCode 17110016
LatitudeMeasure 46.9741000000
LongitudeMeasure -122.8611500000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 151.93192
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET