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Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek at Medford NJ (USGS-01465880) 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 "Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek at Medford NJ" and has the identifier USGS-01465880. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040202. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 47.2 sq mi.

This site is located in Burlington County County, New Jersey at 39.89527778000000 degrees latitude and -74.8236111000000 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 18.38 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01465880" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2019 - 2020
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2019 - 2020
Information 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1961 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1961 - 2020
Nutrient 1961 - 2020
Organics, Other 2020 - 2020
Physical 1961 - 2020
*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-01465880
MonitoringLocationName Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek at Medford NJ
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040202
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 47.2
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 39.89527778000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.8236111000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 18.38
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 005
ProviderName NWIS