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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21DELAWQ_WQX >  21DELAWQ_WQX-102041

Shellpot Creek @ Hay Rd. (Rd. 501) (21DELAWQ_WQX-102041) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Delaware Dept Natural Resources & Environmental Control (identifier 21DELAWQ_WQX), has the name "Shellpot Creek @ Hay Rd. (Rd. 501)" and has the identifier 21DELAWQ_WQX-102041. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040205.

This site is located in New Castle County County, Delaware at 39.7392210000 degrees latitude and -75.5105700000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21DELAWQ_WQX-102041" 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 1999 - 2004
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1999 - 2024
Information 1999 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2020 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2020 - 2020
Microbiological 1999 - 2024
Nutrient 1999 - 2024
Organics, Other 1999 - 2024
Physical 1999 - 2024
*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 21DELAWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Delaware Dept Natural Resources & Environmental Control
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21DELAWQ_WQX-102041
MonitoringLocationName Shellpot Creek @ Hay Rd. (Rd. 501)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02040205
LatitudeMeasure 39.7392210000
LongitudeMeasure -75.5105700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET