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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21SC60WQ_WQX >  21SC60WQ_WQX-MD-281

MD-281 (21SC60WQ_WQX-MD-281) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX), has the name "MD-281" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-MD-281. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050207.

This site is located in Beaufort County County, South Carolina at 32.4953580300 degrees latitude and -80.5553462500 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "21SC60WQ_WQX-MD-281" 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 2020 - 2023
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2020 - 2023
Information 2010 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2023
Microbiological 2010 - 2024
Nutrient 2010 - 2024
Physical 2010 - 2024
*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 21SC60WQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-MD-281
MonitoringLocationName MD-281
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText PARROT CREEK AND COOSAW RIVER MARKER NUMBER1 SHELLFISH 14-10
HUCEightDigitCode 03050207
LatitudeMeasure 32.4953580300
LongitudeMeasure -80.5553462500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET