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ROYCE BROOK BRANCH RT 206 (21NJDEP1-AN0412) 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 NJ Department of Environmental Protection (identifier 21NJDEP1), has the name "ROYCE BROOK BRANCH RT 206" and has the identifier 21NJDEP1-AN0412. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030105.

This site is located in Somerset County County, New Jersey at 40.5111389 degrees latitude and -74.6326667 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21NJDEP1-AN0412" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
Sediment 2004 - 2004
*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 21NJDEP1
OrganizationFormalName NJ Department of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NJDEP1-AN0412
MonitoringLocationName ROYCE BROOK BRANCH RT 206
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21NJDEP1) ON 03-JUN-99¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: NORTHEAST ¶BASIN CODE: 013300¶MINOR BASIN NAME: LOWER HUDSON RIVER
HUCEightDigitCode 02030105
LatitudeMeasure 40.5111389
LongitudeMeasure -74.6326667
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET