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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NC01WQ >  21NC01WQ-I7210000

LAKE WACCAMAW 1500 FT W OF STA 76G (21NC01WQ-I7210000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the NCDENR-DWQ (identifier 21NC01WQ), has the name "LAKE WACCAMAW 1500 FT W OF STA 76G" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-I7210000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03040206.

This site is located in Columbus County County, North Carolina at 34.3130000 degrees latitude and -78.5220000 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-I7210000" 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 1978 - 1979
Information 1976 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1973 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1978 - 1978
Microbiological 1973 - 1979
Nutrient 1973 - 1979
Organics, Other 1976 - 1976
Physical 1976 - 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-I7210000
MonitoringLocationName LAKE WACCAMAW 1500 FT W OF STA 76G
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LAKE WACCAMAW 1500 FT W OF STA 76G
HUCEightDigitCode 03040206
LatitudeMeasure 34.3130000
LongitudeMeasure -78.5220000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET