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Wills Brook (MASSDEP-W0135) 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 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) (identifier MASSDEP), has the name "Wills Brook" and has the identifier MASSDEP-W0135. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090001.

This site is located in Essex County County, Massachusetts at 42.5708331900 degrees latitude and -71.0498658700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "MASSDEP-W0135" 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 2005 - 2005
*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 MASSDEP
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MASSDEP-W0135
MonitoringLocationName Wills Brook
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText [near old railroad bed just upstream of confluence with Ipswich River, Lynnfield]
HUCEightDigitCode 01090001
LatitudeMeasure 42.5708331900
LongitudeMeasure -71.0498658700
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET