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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  SALTCHUCK_WQX >  SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSB-059

SCSB-059 (SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSB-059) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This cercla superfund site site, maintained by the Salt Chuck Mine, State of Alaska (identifier SALTCHUCK_WQX), has the name "SCSB-059" and has the identifier SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSB-059. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19010103.

This site is located in Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area County, Alaska at 55.6251400000 degrees latitude and -132.5570700000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSB-059" 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*
Biological 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2013
Physical 2013 - 2013
*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 SALTCHUCK_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Salt Chuck Mine, State of Alaska
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SALTCHUCK_WQX-SCSB-059
MonitoringLocationName SCSB-059
MonitoringLocationTypeName CERCLA Superfund Site
HUCEightDigitCode 19010103
LatitudeMeasure 55.6251400000
LongitudeMeasure -132.5570700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 198
ProviderName STORET