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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21PA_WQX >  21PA_WQX-ROCKEAST2

Susquehanna River at Rockville (Harrisburg) East (21PA_WQX-ROCKEAST2) 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 PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (identifier 21PA_WQX), has the name "Susquehanna River at Rockville (Harrisburg) East" and has the identifier 21PA_WQX-ROCKEAST2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050305.

This site is located in Dauphin County County, Pennsylvania at 40.3361000000 degrees latitude and -76.9056000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21PA_WQX-ROCKEAST2" 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 2013 - 2013
Organics, PCBs 2013 - 2013
Organics, Pesticide 2013 - 2013
Physical 2013 - 2013
Radiochemical 2013 - 2013
*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 21PA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21PA_WQX-ROCKEAST2
MonitoringLocationName Susquehanna River at Rockville (Harrisburg) East
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Susquehanna River at Rockville (Harrisburg) East
HUCEightDigitCode 02050305
LatitudeMeasure 40.3361000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.9056000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET