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Upper Lk Riviera 2300' us dam at Lake Riviera NJ (USGS-01408172) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NJ), has the name "Upper Lk Riviera 2300' us dam at Lake Riviera NJ" and has the identifier USGS-01408172. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040301. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Ocean County County, New Jersey at 40.05083330000000 degrees latitude and -74.1502777800000 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. This site is at an elevation of 15 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 4.3 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01408172" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2011
Nutrient 2011 - 2011
Physical 2011 - 2011
*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-01408172
MonitoringLocationName Upper Lk Riviera 2300' us dam at Lake Riviera NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 02040301
LatitudeMeasure 40.05083330000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.1502777800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 15
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 4.3
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 029
ProviderName NWIS