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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NC01WQ >  21NC01WQ-B8460000

CAPE FEAR RIV NR NORTHWEST (21NC01WQ-B8460000) 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 NCDENR-DWQ (identifier 21NC01WQ), has the name "CAPE FEAR RIV NR NORTHWEST" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-B8460000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03030005.

This site is located in Brunswick County County, North Carolina at 34.3380000 degrees latitude and -78.0710000 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 "21NC01WQ-B8460000" 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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1968 - 1972
Microbiological 1972 - 1972
Organics, Other 1972 - 1972
Physical 1968 - 1972
*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 21NC01WQ
OrganizationFormalName NCDENR-DWQ
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NC01WQ-B8460000
MonitoringLocationName CAPE FEAR RIV NR NORTHWEST
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText CAPE FEAR RIV NR NORTHWEST
HUCEightDigitCode 03030005
LatitudeMeasure 34.3380000
LongitudeMeasure -78.0710000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET