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BROAD RIVER BELOW DIVERSION DAM NEAR COLUMBIA, SC (USGS-02162103) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS South Carolina Water Science Center (identifier USGS-SC), has the name "BROAD RIVER BELOW DIVERSION DAM NEAR COLUMBIA, SC" and has the identifier USGS-02162103. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050106. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 5300 sq mi.

This site is located in Richland County County, South Carolina at 34.02611110000000 degrees latitude and -81.0688888900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 140 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 15 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

The well was contructed on 20090301.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02162103" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Microbiological 2015 - 2015
Organics, Other 2015 - 2015
Organics, PCBs 2015 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-SC
OrganizationFormalName USGS South Carolina Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02162103
MonitoringLocationName BROAD RIVER BELOW DIVERSION DAM NEAR COLUMBIA, SC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03050106
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 5300
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 34.02611110000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.0688888900000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 140
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 15
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 079
ConstructionDateText 20090301
ProviderName NWIS