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LONG CRK AT SR 1954 NR ROCKY RIV SPRINGS (21NC01WQ-Q8720000) 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 "LONG CRK AT SR 1954 NR ROCKY RIV SPRINGS" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-Q8720000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03040105.

This site is located in Stanly County County, North Carolina at 35.2238000 degrees latitude and -80.2590000 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-Q8720000" 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 1976 - 1976
Information 1973 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1976 - 1991
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1988 - 1988
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1970 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1973 - 1996
Microbiological 1969 - 1996
Nutrient 1973 - 1996
Organics, Other 1979 - 1979
Physical 1969 - 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-Q8720000
MonitoringLocationName LONG CRK AT SR 1954 NR ROCKY RIV SPRINGS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LONG CRK AT SR 1954 NR ROCKY RIV SPRINGS
HUCEightDigitCode 03040105
LatitudeMeasure 35.2238000
LongitudeMeasure -80.2590000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 167
ProviderName STORET