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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NYDECA_WQX >  21NYDECA_WQX-QA_QC

QA Samples (21NYDECA_WQX-QA_QC) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This other-surface water site, maintained by the New York State Dec Division Of Water (identifier 21NYDECA_WQX), has the name "QA Samples" and has the identifier 21NYDECA_WQX-QA_QC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02020006.

This site is located in Albany County County, New York at 42.6535000000 degrees latitude and -73.7487000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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-QA_QC" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2008 - 2014
Information 2008 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2014
Not Assigned 2012 - 2013
Nutrient 1980 - 2014
Organics, Other 2008 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 2012 - 2013
Organics, Pesticide 2012 - 2013
Physical 2008 - 2014
*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-QA_QC
MonitoringLocationName QA Samples
MonitoringLocationTypeName Other-Surface Water
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lab QA samples
HUCEightDigitCode 02020006
LatitudeMeasure 42.6535000000
LongitudeMeasure -73.7487000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET