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Wanaque River at Back Beach Park (4th Ave) (NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA100256) 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 "Wanaque River at Back Beach Park (4th Ave)" and has the identifier NJDEP_AMERICORPS-WA100256. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030103.

This site is located in Passaic County County, New Jersey at 41.0361750000 degrees latitude and -74.2842010000 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-WA100256" 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

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 2011 - 2018
Information 2012 - 2018
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2018
Physical, Habitat 2012 - 2018
Sediment 2012 - 2018
*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-WA100256
MonitoringLocationName Wanaque River at Back Beach Park (4th Ave)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Back Beach in Haskell The park is mostly full of baseball and other athlectic fields, with trees close to the river. Easy access to the river at the high and to the right
HUCEightDigitCode 02030103
LatitudeMeasure 41.0361750000
LongitudeMeasure -74.2842010000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET