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BADIN LAKE AT WHITNEY INACT 740627 (21NC01WQ-Q6380000) 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 "BADIN LAKE AT WHITNEY INACT 740627" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-Q6380000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03040103.

This site is located in Montgomery County County, North Carolina at 35.4750000 degrees latitude and -80.1440000 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-Q6380000" 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 1974 - 1974
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1974
Microbiological 1974 - 1974
Nutrient 1974 - 1974
Organics, Other 1974 - 1974
Physical 1973 - 1974
*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-Q6380000
MonitoringLocationName BADIN LAKE AT WHITNEY INACT 740627
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText BADIN LAKE AT WHITNEY INACT 740627
HUCEightDigitCode 03040103
LatitudeMeasure 35.4750000
LongitudeMeasure -80.1440000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 123
ProviderName STORET