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Oconee River at Barnett Shoals Road near Athens, GA (21GAEPD_WQX-RV_03_502) 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 "Oconee River at Barnett Shoals Road near Athens, GA" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-RV_03_502. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03070101.

This site is located in Oconee County County, Georgia at 33.8562000000 degrees latitude and -83.3265000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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_03_502" 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*
Information 2014 - 2025
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1997 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 2000
Microbiological 1990 - 2025
Not Assigned 2000 - 2020
Nutrient 1990 - 2025
Organics, Other 1990 - 2025
Physical 1990 - 2025
*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_03_502
MonitoringLocationName Oconee River at Barnett Shoals Road near Athens, GA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03070101
LatitudeMeasure 33.8562000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.3265000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 219
ProviderName STORET