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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21GAEPD_WQX >  21GAEPD_WQX-SH_06_2857

Altamaha River - channel marker #201 off Wolf Island (21GAEPD_WQX-SH_06_2857) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division (identifier 21GAEPD_WQX), has the name "Altamaha River - channel marker #201 off Wolf Island" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-SH_06_2857. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03070106.

This site is located in Mcintosh County County, Georgia at 31.3192000000 degrees latitude and -81.3250000000 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-SH_06_2857" 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 2006 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2024
Biological, Counts 2010 - 2013
Information 2013 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2012
Microbiological 1990 - 2024
Not Assigned 2009 - 2012
Nutrient 1990 - 2024
Organics, Other 2009 - 2024
Organics, PCBs 2009 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2009 - 2012
Physical 1990 - 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 21GAEPD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21GAEPD_WQX-SH_06_2857
MonitoringLocationName Altamaha River - channel marker #201 off Wolf Island
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03070106
LatitudeMeasure 31.3192000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3250000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 191
ProviderName STORET