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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21GAEPD_WQX >  21GAEPD_WQX-RV_01_273

Turkey Branch near SR 21 near Springfield, GA (21GAEPD_WQX-RV_01_273) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division (identifier 21GAEPD_WQX), has the name "Turkey Branch near SR 21 near Springfield, GA" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-RV_01_273. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03060109.

This site is located in Effingham County County, Georgia at 32.4229000000 degrees latitude and -81.3708000000 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 "21GAEPD_WQX-RV_01_273" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Biological, Counts 2006 - 2006
Information 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
Physical, Habitat 2006 - 2006
Sediment 2006 - 2006
*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 21GAEPD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21GAEPD_WQX-RV_01_273
MonitoringLocationName Turkey Branch near SR 21 near Springfield, GA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03060109
LatitudeMeasure 32.4229000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3708000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET