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MIDDLE FORK SMITH RIVER (NARS-WCAP99-0585) 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 EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data (identifier NARS), has the name "MIDDLE FORK SMITH RIVER" and has the identifier NARS-WCAP99-0585. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010101.

This site is located in Del Norte County County, California at 41.8500000 degrees latitude and -123.8900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 171 m 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 "NARS-WCAP99-0585" 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 2000 - 2000
*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 NARS
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS-WCAP99-0585
MonitoringLocationName MIDDLE FORK SMITH RIVER
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText FLOW is PARTIAL BOATABLE/SITE TYPE is EMAPPROB/Strahler Stream Order is 4/WATERSHED AREA is 314.2313km^2/Station Weight (km): 144.6932
HUCEightDigitCode 18010101
LatitudeMeasure 41.8500000
LongitudeMeasure -123.8900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 171
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Photogrammetric
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET