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YONAH LAKE 0.8 M UPLAKE FROM YONAH DAM WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO TUGALOO RIVER (21SC60WQ_WQX-RL-01030) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake site, maintained by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX), has the name "YONAH LAKE 0.8 M UPLAKE FROM YONAH DAM WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO TUGALOO RIVER" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-RL-01030. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03060102.

This site is located in Habersham County County, Georgia at 34.6917373000 degrees latitude and -83.3415972000 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-RL-01030" 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.

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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 2001 - 2001
Information 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2001
Microbiological 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2001 - 2001
Organics, Other 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2001
*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-RL-01030
MonitoringLocationName YONAH LAKE 0.8 M UPLAKE FROM YONAH DAM WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO TUGALOO RIVER
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText YONAH LAKE 0.8 M UPLAKE FROM YONAH DAM WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO TUGALOO RIVER
HUCEightDigitCode 03060102
LatitudeMeasure 34.6917373000
LongitudeMeasure -83.3415972000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET