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Landis Spring Branch (MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-LND0000) 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 Maryland Dept. of the Environment In House Water Data (identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX), has the name "Landis Spring Branch" and has the identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-LND0000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070004.

This site is located in Washington County County, Maryland at 39.5715000000 degrees latitude and -77.6894500000 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 "MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-LND0000" 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.

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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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2009 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Information 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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 MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Maryland Dept. of the Environment In House Water Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-LND0000
MonitoringLocationName Landis Spring Branch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Landis Spring Branch @ Old National Pike (Alt. Rt 40). Best acess on northwest side of bridge. Easy flow on downstream side
HUCEightDigitCode 02070004
LatitudeMeasure 39.5715000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.6894500000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET