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FONTANA LAKE NR ALMONDS INACT 790713 (21NC01WQ-G3840000) 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 "FONTANA LAKE NR ALMONDS INACT 790713" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-G3840000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010202.

This site is located in Swain County County, North Carolina at 35.4210000 degrees latitude and -83.5720000 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-G3840000" 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.

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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 1974 - 1979
Information 1974 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1979
Microbiological 1974 - 1979
Not Assigned 1975 - 1975
Nutrient 1974 - 1979
Organics, Other 1974 - 1979
Physical 1974 - 1979
*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-G3840000
MonitoringLocationName FONTANA LAKE NR ALMONDS INACT 790713
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText FONTANA LAKE NR ALMONDS INACT 790713
HUCEightDigitCode 06010202
LatitudeMeasure 35.4210000
LongitudeMeasure -83.5720000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 173
ProviderName STORET