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NANTAHALA RIV AT USGS GAGE NR RAINBOW SPRINGS (21NC01WQ-G3510000) 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 "NANTAHALA RIV AT USGS GAGE NR RAINBOW SPRINGS" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-G3510000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010202.

This site is located in Macon County County, North Carolina at 35.1270000 degrees latitude and -83.6191000 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-G3510000" 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*
Information 1981 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1989 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1983 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1981 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1981 - 1996
Microbiological 1981 - 1996
Nutrient 1981 - 1996
Physical 1981 - 1996
*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-G3510000
MonitoringLocationName NANTAHALA RIV AT USGS GAGE NR RAINBOW SPRINGS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NANTAHALA RIV AT USGS GAGE NR RAINBOW SPRINGS
HUCEightDigitCode 06010202
LatitudeMeasure 35.1270000
LongitudeMeasure -83.6191000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 113
ProviderName STORET