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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21MEBCH >  21MEBCH-ME001515

YK-05 (21MEBCH-ME001515) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-ocean site, maintained by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (identifier 21MEBCH), has the name "YK-05" and has the identifier 21MEBCH-ME001515. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01060003.

This site is located in York County County, Maine at 43.1741170000 degrees latitude and -70.6046710000 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 "21MEBCH-ME001515" 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 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
*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 21MEBCH
OrganizationFormalName Maine Department of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MEBCH-ME001515
MonitoringLocationName YK-05
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SOUTH END/BOUNDARY OF BEACH, WHERE SAND MEETS ROCKS
HUCEightDigitCode 01060003
LatitudeMeasure 43.1741170000
LongitudeMeasure -70.6046710000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 2400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET