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LAKE NORMAN AT COWANS FORD DAM CLEAN LAKES (21NC01WQ-C3512700) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the NCDENR-DWQ (identifier 21NC01WQ), has the name "LAKE NORMAN AT COWANS FORD DAM CLEAN LAKES" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-C3512700. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050101.

This site is located in Lincoln County County, North Carolina at 35.4360000 degrees latitude and -80.9580000 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-C3512700" 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 1977 - 1992
Information 1974 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1978 - 1978
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1982
Microbiological 1971 - 1982
Nutrient 1974 - 1992
Organics, Other 1974 - 1977
Physical 1974 - 1992
*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-C3512700
MonitoringLocationName LAKE NORMAN AT COWANS FORD DAM CLEAN LAKES
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LAKE NORMAN AT COWANS FORD DAM CLEAN LAKES
HUCEightDigitCode 03050101
LatitudeMeasure 35.4360000
LongitudeMeasure -80.9580000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET