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RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO BLW RIO ARENAS, PR (USGS-50143925) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Puerto Rico Water Science Center (identifier USGS-PR), has the name "RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO BLW RIO ARENAS, PR" and has the identifier USGS-50143925. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)21010003. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Las Marias Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.27884135000000 degrees latitude and -67.0076783000000 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 1:20000. This site is at an elevation of 226 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 16 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-50143925" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Microbiological 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-PR
OrganizationFormalName USGS Puerto Rico Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-50143925
MonitoringLocationName RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO BLW RIO ARENAS, PR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 21010003
LatitudeMeasure 18.27884135000000
LongitudeMeasure -67.0076783000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 20000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 226
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 16
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 083
ProviderName NWIS