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LAKE WILLIAM C. BOWEN NEAR FINGERVILLE, SC (USGS-02154950) 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 South Carolina Water Science Center (identifier USGS-SC), has the name "LAKE WILLIAM C. BOWEN NEAR FINGERVILLE, SC" and has the identifier USGS-02154950. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050105. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 79.4 sq mi.

This site is located in Spartanburg County County, South Carolina at 35.11261740000000 degrees latitude and -82.0403860000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of -0.29 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .19 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-02154950" 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, Cyanobacteria 2006 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2005 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2005 - 2009
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2005 - 2005
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2006 - 2009
Information 2005 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2009
Microbiological 2007 - 2009
Nutrient 2005 - 2009
Organics, Other 2005 - 2010
Organics, PCBs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2008
Physical 2005 - 2009
Radiochemical 2006 - 2007
Sediment 2008 - 2008
*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-02154950
MonitoringLocationName LAKE WILLIAM C. BOWEN NEAR FINGERVILLE, SC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 03050105
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 79.4
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 35.11261740000000
LongitudeMeasure -82.0403860000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue -0.29
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .19
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 083
ProviderName NWIS