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Toms River Boat Dock at Water & Dock St. (ALO-BBW-260) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Alliance For A Living Ocean (identifier ALO), has the name "Toms River Boat Dock at Water & Dock St." and has the identifier ALO-BBW-260. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040301.

This site is located in Ocean County County, New Jersey at 39.9466667 degrees latitude and -74.1883333 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft 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 "ALO-BBW-260" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Information 1993 - 2002
Physical 1993 - 2002
*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 ALO
OrganizationFormalName Alliance For A Living Ocean
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ALO-BBW-260
MonitoringLocationName Toms River Boat Dock at Water & Dock St.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Along the Toms River estuary that flows into Barnegat Bay
HUCEightDigitCode 02040301
LatitudeMeasure 39.9466667
LongitudeMeasure -74.1883333
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET