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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  LUMMINSN_WQX >  LUMMINSN_WQX-LUMMI0001

SW001 (LUMMINSN_WQX-LUMMI0001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Tribal) (identifier LUMMINSN_WQX), has the name "SW001" and has the identifier LUMMINSN_WQX-LUMMI0001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110002.

This site is located in Whatcom County County, Washington at 48.7964963600 degrees latitude and -122.7063606200 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1.0348485 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 "LUMMINSN_WQX-LUMMI0001" 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, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2023
Microbiological 1994 - 2023
Organics, Other 2000 - 2021
Physical 1993 - 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 LUMMINSN_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LUMMINSN_WQX-LUMMI0001
MonitoringLocationName SW001
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Metals and hydrocarbons are collected at this site quarterly. Sample site is near "No Wake" buoy.
HUCEightDigitCode 17110002
LatitudeMeasure 48.7964963600
LongitudeMeasure -122.7063606200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1.0348485
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET