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DOH_250_Nisqually Reach (THURSTONCOUNTY-Station_250_DOH) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Thurston County Health Department (identifier THURSTONCOUNTY), has the name "DOH_250_Nisqually Reach" and has the identifier THURSTONCOUNTY-Station_250_DOH. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110019.

This site is located in Thurston County County, Washington at 47.1543700000 degrees latitude and -122.7954400000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of -4.03042 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-Station_250_DOH" 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*
Microbiological 1992 - 2018
Physical 1992 - 2018
*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-Station_250_DOH
MonitoringLocationName DOH_250_Nisqually Reach
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Owner: Shellfish Program - WA DOH; County Health ID ; County_ID Station_250_DOH_Shellfish_Nisqually_Reach; Ecology ID: ;GData ID: 2194;USGS ID: ; Location_type: Sampling - SW Quality Monitoring Tidal; Location Description: Offshore of the entrance to Zittle’s Marina - 30-foot depth.; Parcel ID:
HUCEightDigitCode 17110019
LatitudeMeasure 47.1543700000
LongitudeMeasure -122.7954400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue -4.03042
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET