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Rockaway R at Longwood Valley NJ (USGS-01379680) 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 New Jersey Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NJ), has the name "Rockaway R at Longwood Valley NJ" and has the identifier USGS-01379680. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030103. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 22.1 sq mi.

This site is located in Morris County County, New Jersey at 40.95388889000000 degrees latitude and -74.5711111000000 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 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01379680" 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 1997 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1997 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1997 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 2009
Nutrient 1997 - 2009
Organics, Other 1997 - 2009
Organics, PCBs 1997 - 1997
Organics, Pesticide 1997 - 2009
Physical 1997 - 2009
Radiochemical 1997 - 2009
Sediment 1997 - 2009
Stable Isotopes 1997 - 1999
*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-NJ
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01379680
MonitoringLocationName Rockaway R at Longwood Valley NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02030103
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 22.1
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.95388889000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.5711111000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 027
ProviderName NWIS