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Bass River (21MABCH-MA368655) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health (identifier 21MABCH), has the name "Bass River" and has the identifier 21MABCH-MA368655. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01090002.

This site is located in Barnstable County County, Massachusetts at 41.6439400000 degrees latitude and -70.1993900000 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 "21MABCH-MA368655" 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*
Microbiological 2003 - 2012
*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 21MABCH
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MABCH-MA368655
MonitoringLocationName Bass River
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText East
HUCEightDigitCode 01090002
LatitudeMeasure 41.6439400000
LongitudeMeasure -70.1993900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET