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Owego Creek (21NYDECA_WQX-06031201) 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 New York State Dec Division Of Water (identifier 21NYDECA_WQX), has the name "Owego Creek" and has the identifier 21NYDECA_WQX-06031201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050103.

This site is located in Tioga County County, New York at 42.0969400000 degrees latitude and -76.2775000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 245.5 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21NYDECA_WQX-06031201" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 2009
Microbiological 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 1998 - 2009
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 2009
*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 21NYDECA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName New York State Dec Division Of Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NYDECA_WQX-06031201
MonitoringLocationName Owego Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Owego Ck In Owego At Rt 17C
HUCEightDigitCode 02050103
LatitudeMeasure 42.0969400000
LongitudeMeasure -76.2775000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 245.5
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 107
ProviderName STORET