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TWIN CITIES (MDPOINTSOURCE-MD0055352) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This facility other site, maintained by the Maryland Point data (identifier MDPOINTSOURCE), has the name "TWIN CITIES" and has the identifier MDPOINTSOURCE-MD0055352. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02060005.

This site is located in Dorchester County County, Maryland at 38.6113890000 degrees latitude and -75.9655560000 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 "MDPOINTSOURCE-MD0055352" 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*
Nutrient 2008 - 2013
Physical 2008 - 2013
*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 MDPOINTSOURCE
OrganizationFormalName Maryland Point data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDPOINTSOURCE-MD0055352
MonitoringLocationName TWIN CITIES
MonitoringLocationTypeName Facility Other
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText MIN
HUCEightDigitCode 02060005
LatitudeMeasure 38.6113890000
LongitudeMeasure -75.9655560000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET