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RIO GRANDE AT TAYLORS FARM SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON (TCEQMAIN-20623) 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (identifier TCEQMAIN), has the name "RIO GRANDE AT TAYLORS FARM SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-20623. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13040208.

This site is located in Brewster County County, Texas at 29.6724000000 degrees latitude and -102.6996000000 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 "TCEQMAIN-20623" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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, Counts 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2017
Physical 2006 - 2017
*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 TCEQMAIN
OrganizationFormalName Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TCEQMAIN-20623
MonitoringLocationName RIO GRANDE AT TAYLORS FARM SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 13040208
LatitudeMeasure 29.6724000000
LongitudeMeasure -102.6996000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET