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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NC03WQ >  21NC03WQ-P8978000

BROAD CRK AT US 70 NR MASONTOWN (21NC03WQ-P8978000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX (identifier 21NC03WQ), has the name "BROAD CRK AT US 70 NR MASONTOWN" and has the identifier 21NC03WQ-P8978000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03020105.

This site is located in Carteret County County, North Carolina at 34.8798000000 degrees latitude and -76.4147600000 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-P8978000" 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 2010 - 2011
Information 2008 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2016
Microbiological 2008 - 2023
Nutrient 2010 - 2012
Organics, Other 2008 - 2014
Physical 2008 - 2023
*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-P8978000
MonitoringLocationName BROAD CRK AT US 70 NR MASONTOWN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03020105
LatitudeMeasure 34.8798000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.4147600000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET