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JB CONVERSE RESERVOIR NR SPILLWAY NEAR SEMMES, ALA (USGS-02480009) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Alabama Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AL), has the name "JB CONVERSE RESERVOIR NR SPILLWAY NEAR SEMMES, ALA" and has the identifier USGS-02480009. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03170008. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 105 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 105 sq mi.

This site is located in Mobile County County, Alabama at 30.71880094000000 degrees latitude and -88.3280648000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02480009" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2003
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2003
Information 2000 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Microbiological 2000 - 2003
Nutrient 2000 - 2003
Organics, Other 2001 - 2003
Physical 2000 - 2003
*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 USGS-AL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Alabama Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02480009
MonitoringLocationName JB CONVERSE RESERVOIR NR SPILLWAY NEAR SEMMES, ALA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 03170008
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 105
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 105
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 30.71880094000000
LongitudeMeasure -88.3280648000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 01
CountyCode 097
ProviderName NWIS