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Lk Houston Plant Intake at Galena Park, TX (USGS-08072020) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "Lk Houston Plant Intake at Galena Park, TX" and has the identifier USGS-08072020. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12040104. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Harris County County, Texas at 29.73383930000000 degrees latitude and -95.2163230000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 22 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 20 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-08072020" 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

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 1973 - 1981
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1973 - 1973
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1973 - 1973
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1973 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1973 - 1986
Nutrient 1973 - 1973
Organics, Other 1976 - 1981
Organics, PCBs 1973 - 1981
Organics, Pesticide 1973 - 1981
Physical 1973 - 1984
*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-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-08072020
MonitoringLocationName Lk Houston Plant Intake at Galena Park, TX
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 12040104
LatitudeMeasure 29.73383930000000
LongitudeMeasure -95.2163230000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 22
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 201
ProviderName NWIS