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TALLAHALA CREEK NR SANDERSVILLE, MS. (USGS-02473490) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Mississippi Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MS), has the name "TALLAHALA CREEK NR SANDERSVILLE, MS." and has the identifier USGS-02473490. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03170005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 201.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Jones County County, Mississippi at 31.78543670000000 degrees latitude and -89.0758885000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02473490" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Information 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1975
Microbiological 1974 - 1977
Nutrient 1974 - 1979
Organics, Other 1974 - 1975
Organics, PCBs 1974 - 1975
Organics, Pesticide 1974 - 1975
Physical 1965 - 1979
Radiochemical 1974 - 1974
Sediment 1974 - 1979
*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-MS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Mississippi Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02473490
MonitoringLocationName TALLAHALA CREEK NR SANDERSVILLE, MS.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03170005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 201.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 31.78543670000000
LongitudeMeasure -89.0758885000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 067
ProviderName NWIS