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Elizabeth Br, Stow (OARS-ELZ-004) 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 OARS - For the Assabet Sudbury & Concord Rivers (Volunteer) (identifier OARS), has the name "Elizabeth Br, Stow" and has the identifier OARS-ELZ-004. 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 42.4266420000 degrees latitude and -71.4851720000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "OARS-ELZ-004" 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.

Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, Source: Esri

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, Non-metals 2018 - 2020
Not Assigned 2003 - 2011
Nutrient 2003 - 2023
Physical 2003 - 2023
*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 OARS
OrganizationFormalName OARS - For the Assabet Sudbury & Concord Rivers (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OARS-ELZ-004
MonitoringLocationName Elizabeth Br, Stow
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 01070005
LatitudeMeasure 42.4266420000
LongitudeMeasure -71.4851720000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 2400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET