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TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS NY (USGS-04218000) 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 York Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NY), has the name "TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS NY" and has the identifier USGS-04218000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04120104. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 349 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 349 sq mi.

This site is located in Niagara County County, New York at 43.09350000000000 degrees latitude and -78.6361667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 570.70 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 NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-04218000" 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, Cyanobacteria 2017 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2017 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2017 - 2019
Biological, Fish 2017 - 2019
Information 1997 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1963 - 1964
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1963 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1963 - 1964
Nutrient 1963 - 2019
Organics, Other 1963 - 2019
Organics, PCBs 2011 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 1997 - 2014
Physical 1963 - 2019
Sediment 2017 - 2019
*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-NY
OrganizationFormalName USGS New York Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-04218000
MonitoringLocationName TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS NY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04120104
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 349
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 349
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.09350000000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.6361667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 570.70
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 063
ProviderName NWIS