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Hop Brook (MASSDEP-W2531) 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 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) (identifier MASSDEP), has the name "Hop Brook" and has the identifier MASSDEP-W2531. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01070005.

This site is located in Worcester County County, Massachusetts at 42.2871321000 degrees latitude and -71.6512886000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "MASSDEP-W2531" 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, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Microbiological 2015 - 2015
Nutrient 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
*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 MASSDEP
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MASSDEP-W2531
MonitoringLocationName Hop Brook
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText [east of Otis Street, Northborough approximately 2900 feet upstream of mouth at confluence with Assabet River, Northborough]
HUCEightDigitCode 01070005
LatitudeMeasure 42.2871321000
LongitudeMeasure -71.6512886000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET