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North Fork Humboldt River @ I-80 (21NEV1_WQX-HS2B) 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 Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (identifier 21NEV1_WQX), has the name "North Fork Humboldt River @ I-80" and has the identifier 21NEV1_WQX-HS2B. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16040102.

This site is located in Elko County County, Nevada at 40.9487305000 degrees latitude and -115.5338974000 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 "21NEV1_WQX-HS2B" 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*
Information 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2011
Microbiological 1999 - 2018
Not Assigned 2018 - 2018
Nutrient 1999 - 2018
Organics, Other 2018 - 2018
Organics, PCBs 2018 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2018 - 2018
Physical 1999 - 2018
Stable Isotopes 2018 - 2018
*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 21NEV1_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEV1_WQX-HS2B
MonitoringLocationName North Fork Humboldt River @ I-80
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText HUMBOLDT RIVER LONG TERM MONITORING SITE. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ON A BIMONTHLY BASIS UNTIL AUGUST 2004 THEN SEMI-ANNUALLY IN 2005 AND QUARTERLY IN 2007 BY NDEP PERSONNEL. NBEH (PRECURSOR TO NDEP) BEGAN SAMPLING AT THIS STATION ON 05-01-1968.
HUCEightDigitCode 16040102
LatitudeMeasure 40.9487305000
LongitudeMeasure -115.5338974000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET