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Porcupine River above Fort Yukon (YRITWC-POFYU1A) 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 "Porcupine River above Fort Yukon" and has the identifier YRITWC-POFYU1A.

This site is located in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County, Alaska at 66.5928000000 degrees latitude and -145.2786000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 164 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-POFYU1A" 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

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 2010 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2011 - 2014
Nutrient 2010 - 2014
Organics, Other 2010 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2014
Physical 2007 - 2014
Stable Isotopes 2010 - 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-POFYU1A
MonitoringLocationName Porcupine River above Fort Yukon
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
LatitudeMeasure 66.5928000000
LongitudeMeasure -145.2786000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 164
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 290
ProviderName STORET