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Papakating Creek Between Lynn Smith Rd and Armstrong Rd 3 (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0304F) 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 "Papakating Creek Between Lynn Smith Rd and Armstrong Rd 3" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA0304F. 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 41.1486110000 degrees latitude and -74.6916670000 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-WA0304F" 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.

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*
Information 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Physical, Habitat 2012 - 2012
Sediment 2012 - 2012
*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-WA0304F
MonitoringLocationName Papakating Creek Between Lynn Smith Rd and Armstrong Rd 3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stream is very windy in one section. Almost takes a 180 degree turn. Stream stretch is in between a Beef Cattle Operation and a small Poultry lot but is adjacent to neither. Stretch has bank issues. Vegetation is good.
HUCEightDigitCode 02020007
LatitudeMeasure 41.1486110000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6916670000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET