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Doless Creek at Flat Shoals Road near Decatur, GA (21GAEPD_WQX-RV_04_2059) 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 "Doless Creek at Flat Shoals Road near Decatur, GA" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-RV_04_2059. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03070103.

This site is located in Dekalb County County, Georgia at 33.7059000000 degrees latitude and -84.2774000000 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_04_2059" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2011 - 2011
Biological, Counts 2011 - 2012
Biological, Habitat, Algae, Phytoplankton 2011 - 2011
Biological, Habitat, Plants 2011 - 2011
Information 2011 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2011 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2011 - 2011
Microbiological 2011 - 2011
Not Assigned 2011 - 2011
Nutrient 2011 - 2011
Organics, Other 2011 - 2011
Organics, PCBs 2011 - 2011
Organics, Pesticide 2011 - 2011
Physical 2011 - 2012
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2012
Radiochemical 2011 - 2011
Sediment 2011 - 2012
*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_04_2059
MonitoringLocationName Doless Creek at Flat Shoals Road near Decatur, GA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03070103
LatitudeMeasure 33.7059000000
LongitudeMeasure -84.2774000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET