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Smith River above South Fork (CEDEN-103SM6897) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Smith River above South Fork" and has the identifier CEDEN-103SM6897. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010101.

This site is located in Del Norte County County, California at 41.8011000000 degrees latitude and -124.0540000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 85 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 "CEDEN-103SM6897" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2012
Not Assigned 2002 - 2012
Nutrient 2002 - 2012
Organics, Other 2002 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2002 - 2006
Physical 2002 - 2012
*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 CEDEN
OrganizationFormalName California State Water Resources Control Board
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CEDEN-103SM6897
MonitoringLocationName Smith River above South Fork
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station located u/s of Myrtle Creek on Smith;
HUCEightDigitCode 18010101
LatitudeMeasure 41.8011000000
LongitudeMeasure -124.0540000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 85
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET