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Skating Pond (SPC-SPC-15) 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 Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance (Volunteer) (identifier SPC), has the name "Skating Pond" and has the identifier SPC-SPC-15. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030101.

This site is located in Rockland County County, New York at 41.0293100000 degrees latitude and -73.9254100000 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 "SPC-SPC-15" 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*
Biological, Fish 2014 - 2014
Information 2014 - 2014
Microbiological 2014 - 2014
Not Assigned 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
*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 SPC
OrganizationFormalName Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SPC-SPC-15
MonitoringLocationName Skating Pond
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText North on Rt. 340 to stop sign in Sparkill. Bear left on 340, pass Ferdon Ave. Immediately pass over bridge and turn right to park. Site is down bank downstream of bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 02030101
LatitudeMeasure 41.0293100000
LongitudeMeasure -73.9254100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET