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Columbia Lake (EPA_REGION_2-Columbia Lake) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 (identifier EPA_REGION_2), has the name "Columbia Lake" and has the identifier EPA_REGION_2-Columbia Lake. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040105.

This site is located in Hunterdon County County, New Jersey at 40.5548600000 degrees latitude and -75.0449400000 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 "EPA_REGION_2-Columbia Lake" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2002 - 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 EPA_REGION_2
OrganizationFormalName Environmental Protection Agency Region 2
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_REGION_2-Columbia Lake
MonitoringLocationName Columbia Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 02040105
LatitudeMeasure 40.5548600000
LongitudeMeasure -75.0449400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET