The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Forests
indicator Name: Nitrate in Streams: Ecosystem comparison
page # in printed report: 122
location on page: lower
data source: Data Source: USGS National Water Quality Assessment. Coverage: lower 48 states. Each sampling area was sampled intensively for approximately 2 years during 1992-1998.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: % of stream sites tested
  Forests Farmlands Urban
less than 2 ppm 100 52 82
2 to 6 ppm   30 18
6 to 10 ppm   8  
10 ppm or more   9