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WQP Home >  Providers >  NWIS >  USGS-AK >  CAX01-15304600

ATLIN R NR ATLIN BC (CAX01-15304600) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Alaska Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AK), has the name "ATLIN R NR ATLIN BC" and has the identifier CAX01-15304600. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 2650 sq mi.

This site is located at 59.59888030000000 degrees latitude and -133.8151488000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. The source map scale is 1:250000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CAX01-15304600" 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 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
Sediment 2004 - 2004
*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-AK
OrganizationFormalName USGS Alaska Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CAX01-15304600
MonitoringLocationName ATLIN R NR ATLIN BC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 2650
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 59.59888030000000
LongitudeMeasure -133.8151488000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 250000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode CA
StateCode 96
CountyCode 000
ProviderName NWIS