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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  PR_RIVER >  PR_RIVER-LP-6

Rio La Plata upstream the lake (reservoir) Rio La Plata (PR_RIVER-LP-6) 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 Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Rivers) (identifier PR_RIVER), has the name "Rio La Plata upstream the lake (reservoir) Rio La Plata" and has the identifier PR_RIVER-LP-6. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)21010005.

This site is located in Comerio Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.2505556 degrees latitude and -66.2052778 degrees longitude using the datum PR. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "PR_RIVER-LP-6" 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

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 2001 - 2007
Microbiological 2001 - 2008
Nutrient 2002 - 2004
Organics, PCBs 2001 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2001 - 2007
Physical 2001 - 2008
*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 PR_RIVER
OrganizationFormalName Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Rivers)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PR_RIVER-LP-6
MonitoringLocationName Rio La Plata upstream the lake (reservoir) Rio La Plata
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText monitoring station on Rio La PLata Basin
HUCEightDigitCode 21010005
LatitudeMeasure 18.2505556
LongitudeMeasure -66.2052778
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Static Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName PR
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET