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Tonawanda Creek (21NYDECA_WQX-TONAWANDAUP) 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 "Tonawanda Creek" and has the identifier 21NYDECA_WQX-TONAWANDAUP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04120104.

This site is located in Erie County County, New York at 43.0800000000 degrees latitude and -78.6831000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 173.8 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-TONAWANDAUP" 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*
Organics, Other 1991 - 1991
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 1991
Physical 1991 - 1991
*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-TONAWANDAUP
MonitoringLocationName Tonawanda Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Tonawanda Ck., Upstream Of Canal, W.Failinger Rd., Rt.268
HUCEightDigitCode 04120104
LatitudeMeasure 43.0800000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.6831000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 173.8
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET