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BUFFALO CREEK AT FAIRVIEW @ ST. RT. 146 (21OHIO_WQX-R17S11) 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 Division of Surface water (Ohio) (identifier 21OHIO_WQX), has the name "BUFFALO CREEK AT FAIRVIEW @ ST. RT. 146" and has the identifier 21OHIO_WQX-R17S11. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05040005.

This site is located in Guernsey County County, Ohio at 39.9028000000 degrees latitude and -81.5506000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "21OHIO_WQX-R17S11" 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, Cyanobacteria 2014 - 2014
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2014 - 2014
Information 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2015
Microbiological 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 1999 - 2015
Organics, Other 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 2015
*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 21OHIO_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Division of Surface water (Ohio)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21OHIO_WQX-R17S11
MonitoringLocationName BUFFALO CREEK AT FAIRVIEW @ ST. RT. 146
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText BUFFALO CREEK RM .08
HUCEightDigitCode 05040005
LatitudeMeasure 39.9028000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.5506000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 39
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET