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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR >  PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-90-TBIS1

Birch Stream - Upstream of Route 116 Bridge (PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-90-TBIS1) 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 Penobscot Nation (Tribal) (identifier PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR), has the name "Birch Stream - Upstream of Route 116 Bridge" and has the identifier PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-90-TBIS1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01020005.

This site is located in Penobscot County County, Maine at 44.9892110000 degrees latitude and -68.6758980000 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 "PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-90-TBIS1" 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.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2012 - 2012
*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 PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR
OrganizationFormalName Penobscot Nation (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PENOBSCOTINDIANNATIONDNR-90-TBIS1
MonitoringLocationName Birch Stream - Upstream of Route 116 Bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 01020005
LatitudeMeasure 44.9892110000
LongitudeMeasure -68.6758980000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET