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SANTEETLAH LAKE (21NC03WQ-LTNSL5) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX (identifier 21NC03WQ), has the name "SANTEETLAH LAKE" and has the identifier 21NC03WQ-LTNSL5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010204.

This site is located in Graham County County, North Carolina at 35.3330000000 degrees latitude and -83.8850000000 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 "21NC03WQ-LTNSL5" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2004 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2005
Physical 2004 - 2005
*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 21NC03WQ
OrganizationFormalName North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NC03WQ-LTNSL5
MonitoringLocationName SANTEETLAH LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 06010204
LatitudeMeasure 35.3330000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.8850000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 075
ProviderName STORET