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Black River Site 5 (RHA-BR05) 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 Raritan Headwaters Association (Volunteer) (identifier RHA), has the name "Black River Site 5" and has the identifier RHA-BR05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030105.

This site is located in Morris County County, New Jersey at 40.8732660000 degrees latitude and -74.6189330000 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 "RHA-BR05" 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 USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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, Counts 2014 - 2023
Information 2014 - 2023
Nutrient 2018 - 2018
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2018
Physical, Habitat 2014 - 2023
Sediment 2014 - 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 RHA
OrganizationFormalName Raritan Headwaters Association (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier RHA-BR05
MonitoringLocationName Black River Site 5
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02030105
LatitudeMeasure 40.8732660000
LongitudeMeasure -74.6189330000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET