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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  FRWA >  FRWA-R1

Rainbow Reservoir (FRWA-R1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Farmington River Watershed Association (Volunteer) (identifier FRWA), has the name "Rainbow Reservoir" and has the identifier FRWA-R1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01080207.

This site is located in Hartford County County, Connecticut at 41.8945100000 degrees latitude and -72.7238100000 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 "FRWA-R1" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2023 - 2023
Nutrient 2023 - 2024
Physical 2023 - 2023
*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 FRWA
OrganizationFormalName Farmington River Watershed Association (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier FRWA-R1
MonitoringLocationName Rainbow Reservoir
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 01080207
LatitudeMeasure 41.8945100000
LongitudeMeasure -72.7238100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 09
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET