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Wallkill River between Main St. and Route 15 (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0297) 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 NJDEP Americorps Program (identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS), has the name "Wallkill River between Main St. and Route 15" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0297. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02020007.

This site is located in Sussex County County, New Jersey at 41.0397740000 degrees latitude and -74.6298600000 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 "NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0297" 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, Counts 2010 - 2011
Information 2010 - 2016
Organics, Other 2010 - 2011
Physical 2010 - 2016
Physical, Habitat 2010 - 2016
Sediment 2010 - 2016
*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 NJDEP_AMERICORPS
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Americorps Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0297
MonitoringLocationName Wallkill River between Main St. and Route 15
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located behind Sparta Municipal building. Area has good coverage but there is new development surrounding area. Easy to access from behind the municipal building. Park at Police Station; alert officers of presence. Trail back to stream. Number of invasives, but many trees present. May have limited space due to private land.
HUCEightDigitCode 02020007
LatitudeMeasure 41.0397740000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6298600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET