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Newark Bay (NJHDG-17) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the New Jersey Harbor Dischargers Group (identifier NJHDG), has the name "Newark Bay" and has the identifier NJHDG-17. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030104.

This site is located in Essex County County, New Jersey at 40.6938300000 degrees latitude and -74.1221600000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "NJHDG-17" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2003 - 2019
Information 2003 - 2019
Microbiological 2003 - 2019
Nutrient 2003 - 2019
Organics, Other 2003 - 2019
Physical 2003 - 2019
*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 NJHDG
OrganizationFormalName New Jersey Harbor Dischargers Group
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJHDG-17
MonitoringLocationName Newark Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02030104
LatitudeMeasure 40.6938300000
LongitudeMeasure -74.1221600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET