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Balus Creek at McEver Road near Oakwood, GA (21GAEPD_WQX-RV_12_4277) 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 "Balus Creek at McEver Road near Oakwood, GA" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-RV_12_4277. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03130001.

This site is located in Hall County County, Georgia at 34.2504000000 degrees latitude and -83.8929000000 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_12_4277" 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 2010 - 2010
Biological, Counts 2007 - 2010
Biological, Habitat, Algae, Phytoplankton 2007 - 2007
Biological, Habitat, Plants 2007 - 2010
Information 2007 - 2010
Microbiological 2001 - 2008
Not Assigned 2002 - 2008
Nutrient 2001 - 2010
Organics, Other 2001 - 2010
Physical 2001 - 2010
Physical, Habitat 2007 - 2010
Sediment 2008 - 2010
*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_12_4277
MonitoringLocationName Balus Creek at McEver Road near Oakwood, GA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03130001
LatitudeMeasure 34.2504000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.8929000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 139
ProviderName STORET