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Lexington Reservoir (MAWRRC_WQX-72061) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This pond site, maintained by the Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center (identifier MAWRRC_WQX), has the name "Lexington Reservoir" and has the identifier MAWRRC_WQX-72061. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01070006.

This site is located in Middlesex County County, Massachusetts at 42.4364000000 degrees latitude and -71.2467000000 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 "MAWRRC_WQX-72061" 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 1983 - 1984
*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 MAWRRC_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MAWRRC_WQX-72061
MonitoringLocationName Lexington Reservoir
MonitoringLocationTypeName Pond
HUCEightDigitCode 01070006
LatitudeMeasure 42.4364000000
LongitudeMeasure -71.2467000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET