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Skookum Creek 5 (SQUAXIN-SKO05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This channelized stream site, maintained by the Squaxin Island Tribe (Tribal) (identifier SQUAXIN), has the name "Skookum Creek 5" and has the identifier SQUAXIN-SKO05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110019.

This site is located in Mason County County, Washington at 47.1261410000 degrees latitude and -123.0961050000 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 "SQUAXIN-SKO05" 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*
Microbiological 2015 - 2024
Physical 2015 - 2015
*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 SQUAXIN
OrganizationFormalName Squaxin Island Tribe (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SQUAXIN-SKO05
MonitoringLocationName Skookum Creek 5
MonitoringLocationTypeName Channelized Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Skookum .5 - btwn 0 & 1 is Skookum creek at the Railroad Crossing behind the Legal Dept building in Kamilche.
HUCEightDigitCode 17110019
LatitudeMeasure 47.1261410000
LongitudeMeasure -123.0961050000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 8000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET