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NOOKSACK RIVER AT BRENNAN, WA (USGS-12213140) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Washington Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WA), has the name "NOOKSACK RIVER AT BRENNAN, WA" and has the identifier USGS-12213140. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110004. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 785 sq mi.

This site is located in Whatcom County County, Washington at 48.81927627000000 degrees latitude and -122.5798947000000 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.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-12213140" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 1995 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1973 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1972 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 1996
Microbiological 1972 - 1974
Nutrient 1972 - 1998
Organics, Other 1995 - 1998
Organics, PCBs 1995 - 1995
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 1997
Physical 1972 - 1998
Radiochemical 1995 - 1995
Sediment 1995 - 1998
Stable Isotopes 1996 - 1997
*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-WA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Washington Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-12213140
MonitoringLocationName NOOKSACK RIVER AT BRENNAN, WA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17110004
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 785
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 48.81927627000000
LongitudeMeasure -122.5798947000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 073
ProviderName NWIS