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Christina River (DRBC-CTR) 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 Delaware River Basin Commission (identifier DRBC), has the name "Christina River" and has the identifier DRBC-CTR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040205.

This site is located in New Castle County County, Delaware at 39.6642250000 degrees latitude and -75.6569420000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "DRBC-CTR" 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 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Nutrient 2016 - 2016
Organics, Other 2016 - 2016
Organics, PCBs 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2016
*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 DRBC
OrganizationFormalName Delaware River Basin Commission
MonitoringLocationIdentifier DRBC-CTR
MonitoringLocationName Christina River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040205
LatitudeMeasure 39.6642250000
LongitudeMeasure -75.6569420000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS with Wide Area Augmentation System
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET