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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21PA_WQX >  21PA_WQX-TUSCARORA CK

Tuscarora Creek Juniata County (21PA_WQX-TUSCARORA CK) 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 "Tuscarora Creek Juniata County" and has the identifier 21PA_WQX-TUSCARORA CK. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050304.

This site is located in Juniata County County, Pennsylvania at 40.5153000000 degrees latitude and -77.4189000000 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-TUSCARORA CK" 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 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Nutrient 2013 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 2014 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2014
Physical 2013 - 2014
Radiochemical 2014 - 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 21PA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21PA_WQX-TUSCARORA CK
MonitoringLocationName Tuscarora Creek Juniata County
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Tuscarora Creek Juniata County
HUCEightDigitCode 02050304
LatitudeMeasure 40.5153000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.4189000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET