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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21OHIO_WQX >  21OHIO_WQX-V03S12

BLUES CREEK @ TAYLOR-CLAIBORNE RD. (21OHIO_WQX-V03S12) 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 "BLUES CREEK @ TAYLOR-CLAIBORNE RD." and has the identifier 21OHIO_WQX-V03S12. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05060001.

This site is located in Union County County, Ohio at 40.3411000000 degrees latitude and -83.3558000000 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-V03S12" 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, Counts 2012 - 2012
Biological, Fish 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2012
Physical 2000 - 2012
*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-V03S12
MonitoringLocationName BLUES CREEK @ TAYLOR-CLAIBORNE RD.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText BLUES CREEK RM 16.3
HUCEightDigitCode 05060001
LatitudeMeasure 40.3411000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.3558000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 39
CountyCode 159
ProviderName STORET