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WQP Home >  Providers >  NWIS >  USGS-PR >  USGS-50045000

LAGO LA PLATA AT DAMSITE NR TOA ALTA, PR (USGS-50045000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Puerto Rico Water Science Center (identifier USGS-PR), has the name "LAGO LA PLATA AT DAMSITE NR TOA ALTA, PR" and has the identifier USGS-50045000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)21010005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 181 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 172.8 sq mi.

This site is located in Toa Alta Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.34300093000000 degrees latitude and -66.2360707900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:20000. This site is at an elevation of 98.91 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .29 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is PRVD02.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-50045000" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2010 - 2010
Biological, Fish 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Organics, Other 2010 - 2010
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 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 USGS-PR
OrganizationFormalName USGS Puerto Rico Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-50045000
MonitoringLocationName LAGO LA PLATA AT DAMSITE NR TOA ALTA, PR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 21010005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 181
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 172.8
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 18.34300093000000
LongitudeMeasure -66.2360707900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 20000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 98.91
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .29
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName PRVD02
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 135
ProviderName NWIS