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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  NJDEP_DSREH >  NJDEP_DSREH-Mar51

Raritan Bay @ South Amboy (NJDEP_DSREH-Mar51) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the NJDEP Div of Science, Research and Env Health (identifier NJDEP_DSREH), has the name "Raritan Bay @ South Amboy" and has the identifier NJDEP_DSREH-Mar51. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030104.

This site is located in Middlesex County County, New Jersey at 40.4785690000 degrees latitude and -74.2640100000 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_DSREH-Mar51" 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, Fish 1998 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2014
Not Assigned 1998 - 2014
Organics, Other 1998 - 2014
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 2014
Physical 1998 - 2014
Radiochemical 1998 - 2014
*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_DSREH
OrganizationFormalName NJDEP Div of Science, Research and Env Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJDEP_DSREH-Mar51
MonitoringLocationName Raritan Bay @ South Amboy
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02030104
LatitudeMeasure 40.4785690000
LongitudeMeasure -74.2640100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET