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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  31ORWUNT_WQX >  31ORWUNT_WQX-AR53

Lock Chamber at Allegheny River mile 53 (31ORWUNT_WQX-AR53) 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 Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) (identifier 31ORWUNT_WQX), has the name "Lock Chamber at Allegheny River mile 53" and has the identifier 31ORWUNT_WQX-AR53. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05010006.

This site is located in Armstrong County County, Pennsylvania at 40.8943100000 degrees latitude and -79.4772300000 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 "31ORWUNT_WQX-AR53" 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, Counts 1970 - 1979
Physical 1957 - 1987
*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 31ORWUNT_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 31ORWUNT_WQX-AR53
MonitoringLocationName Lock Chamber at Allegheny River mile 53
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05010006
LatitudeMeasure 40.8943100000
LongitudeMeasure -79.4772300000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET