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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NYDECA_WQX >  21NYDECA_WQX-6C

Eighteenmile Creek (21NYDECA_WQX-6C) 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 "Eighteenmile Creek" and has the identifier 21NYDECA_WQX-6C. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04130001.

This site is located in Niagara County County, New York at 43.2986100000 degrees latitude and -78.7127800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 87.9 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-6C" 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, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Organics, Other 1998 - 1998
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 1998
Radiochemical 1998 - 1998
*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-6C
MonitoringLocationName Eighteenmile Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Eighteenmile Creek: In Burt Dampool, Approximately 100 M Downstream Of Burt Rd. Bridge
HUCEightDigitCode 04130001
LatitudeMeasure 43.2986100000
LongitudeMeasure -78.7127800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 87.9
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 063
ProviderName STORET