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Chena River above Fairbanks (YRITWC-CHFAI3A) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (Tribal) (identifier YRITWC), has the name "Chena River above Fairbanks" and has the identifier YRITWC-CHFAI3A.

This site is located in Fairbanks North Star Borough County, Alaska at 64.8470000000 degrees latitude and -147.4074000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 137 m 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 "YRITWC-CHFAI3A" 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*
Information 2010 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2014
Nutrient 2006 - 2014
Organics, Other 2006 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2014
Physical 2006 - 2014
Stable Isotopes 2006 - 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 YRITWC
OrganizationFormalName Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier YRITWC-CHFAI3A
MonitoringLocationName Chena River above Fairbanks
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
LatitudeMeasure 64.8470000000
LongitudeMeasure -147.4074000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 137
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 090
ProviderName STORET