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Otter Way at Taylor Bk downstream of culvert on ASR (NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service (identifier NWRSFWS_WQX), has the name "Otter Way at Taylor Bk downstream of culvert on ASR" and has the identifier NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01070005.

This site is located in Middlesex County County, Massachusetts at 42.4112943800 degrees latitude and -71.4565617200 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 "NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR05" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2017 - 2017
Organics, Other 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
*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 NWRSFWS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NWRSFWS_WQX-ASR05
MonitoringLocationName Otter Way at Taylor Bk downstream of culvert on ASR
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Otter Way at Taylor Bk, downstream of culvert, on refuge. Sampled with YSI while standing on culvert. Waded to access bottled samples. Water depth based on first entry from 2017 sampling effort.
HUCEightDigitCode 01070005
LatitudeMeasure 42.4112943800
LongitudeMeasure -71.4565617200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET