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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21DELAWQ_WQX >  21DELAWQ_WQX-311011

Buntings Branch at Railroad Bridge Nr Selbyville (21DELAWQ_WQX-311011) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Delaware Dept Natural Resources & Environmental Control (identifier 21DELAWQ_WQX), has the name "Buntings Branch at Railroad Bridge Nr Selbyville" and has the identifier 21DELAWQ_WQX-311011. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040303.

This site is located in Sussex County County, Delaware at 38.4604660000 degrees latitude and -75.2284780000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21DELAWQ_WQX-311011" 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 2000 - 2002
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2002
Microbiological 2000 - 2002
Nutrient 2000 - 2002
Organics, Other 2000 - 2002
Physical 2000 - 2002
*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 21DELAWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Delaware Dept Natural Resources & Environmental Control
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21DELAWQ_WQX-311011
MonitoringLocationName Buntings Branch at Railroad Bridge Nr Selbyville
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040303
LatitudeMeasure 38.4604660000
LongitudeMeasure -75.2284780000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET