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Perkiomen; West Branch (KWMNDATA-PE002) 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 Keystone Watershed Montioring Network (Pennsylvania) (identifier KWMNDATA), has the name "Perkiomen; West Branch" and has the identifier KWMNDATA-PE002. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040203.

This site is located in Berks County County, Pennsylvania at 40.4009000 degrees latitude and -75.5887000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "KWMNDATA-PE002" 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*
Nutrient 1997 - 1999
Physical 1997 - 1999
*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 KWMNDATA
OrganizationFormalName Keystone Watershed Montioring Network (Pennsylvania)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier KWMNDATA-PE002
MonitoringLocationName Perkiomen; West Branch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText High tension line ROW crossing; east of Rte 100; Washington Township; Bally; PA
HUCEightDigitCode 02040203
LatitudeMeasure 40.4009000
LongitudeMeasure -75.5887000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 240000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 011
ProviderName STORET