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FISHING CREEK AT HWY 5 BELOW YORK, SC (USGS-021473415) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS South Carolina Water Science Center (identifier USGS-SC), has the name "FISHING CREEK AT HWY 5 BELOW YORK, SC" and has the identifier USGS-021473415. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050103. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 16.7 sq mi.

This site is located in York County County, South Carolina at 34.97531944000000 degrees latitude and -81.1801500000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of 579.33 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .07 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-021473415" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2016 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2016 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2018
Microbiological 2016 - 2018
Nutrient 2016 - 2018
Organics, Other 2016 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2018
Sediment 2016 - 2018
*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-SC
OrganizationFormalName USGS South Carolina Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-021473415
MonitoringLocationName FISHING CREEK AT HWY 5 BELOW YORK, SC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03050103
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 16.7
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 34.97531944000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.1801500000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 579.33
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .07
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 091
ProviderName NWIS