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Capitol Lake @ Marathon Park Railroad Bridge (THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL010) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Thurston County Health Department (identifier THURSTONCOUNTY), has the name "Capitol Lake @ Marathon Park Railroad Bridge" and has the identifier THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL010. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110016.

This site is located in Thurston County County, Washington at 47.0374700000 degrees latitude and -122.9093700000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8.9 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 "THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL010" 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*
Microbiological 1991 - 1994
Not Assigned 1996 - 2007
Nutrient 1991 - 2007
Physical 1991 - 2007
*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 THURSTONCOUNTY
OrganizationFormalName Thurston County Health Department
MonitoringLocationIdentifier THURSTONCOUNTY-EH-BUDCAL010
MonitoringLocationName Capitol Lake @ Marathon Park Railroad Bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Owner: TC Env Health; County Health ID BUDCAL010; County_ID Capitol Lake @ Marathon Park Railroad Bridge; Ecology ID: ;GData ID: 1146;USGS ID: ; Location_type: Gage - Pond/Lake; Location Description: ; Parcel ID: RR
HUCEightDigitCode 17110016
LatitudeMeasure 47.0374700000
LongitudeMeasure -122.9093700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8.9
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET