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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21MSWQ_WQX >  21MSWQ_WQX-111A30

POTACOCOWA CREEK (21MSWQ_WQX-111A30) 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 MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (identifier 21MSWQ_WQX), has the name "POTACOCOWA CREEK" and has the identifier 21MSWQ_WQX-111A30. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08030205.

This site is located in Carroll County County, Mississippi at 33.6569722200 degrees latitude and -90.0932777800 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 "21MSWQ_WQX-111A30" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2010 - 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 21MSWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MSWQ_WQX-111A30
MonitoringLocationName POTACOCOWA CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText OFF MONEY ROAD 0.5 MILES WEST OF HWY 7 AT AVALON, MS
HUCEightDigitCode 08030205
LatitudeMeasure 33.6569722200
LongitudeMeasure -90.0932777800
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET