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MOUNT HOPE BAY NEAR BRISTOL, RI (USGS-01109150) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the USGS Massachusetts Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MA), has the name "MOUNT HOPE BAY NEAR BRISTOL, RI" and has the identifier USGS-01109150. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090004. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Bristol County County, Rhode Island at 41.66260214000000 degrees latitude and -71.2286582900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01109150" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1969 - 1973
Information 1969 - 1972
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1971 - 1972
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1969 - 1973
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1969 - 1972
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1969 - 1972
Microbiological 1969 - 1973
Nutrient 1969 - 1973
Organics, Other 1969 - 1973
Organics, PCBs 1972 - 1972
Organics, Pesticide 1969 - 1972
Physical 1969 - 1973
Radiochemical 1971 - 1972
*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-MA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Massachusetts Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01109150
MonitoringLocationName MOUNT HOPE BAY NEAR BRISTOL, RI
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 01090004
LatitudeMeasure 41.66260214000000
LongitudeMeasure -71.2286582900000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 44
CountyCode 001
ProviderName NWIS