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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21SC60WQ_WQX >  21SC60WQ_WQX-RO-046063

BROAD RIVER OFF PARRIS ISLAND BETWEEN BALLAST AND RIBBON CREEKS (21SC60WQ_WQX-RO-046063) 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 "BROAD RIVER OFF PARRIS ISLAND BETWEEN BALLAST AND RIBBON CREEKS" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-RO-046063. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050208.

This site is located in Beaufort County County, South Carolina at 32.3303783000 degrees latitude and -80.7204855000 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-RO-046063" 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 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2004
Microbiological 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
*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-RO-046063
MonitoringLocationName BROAD RIVER OFF PARRIS ISLAND BETWEEN BALLAST AND RIBBON CREEKS
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText BROAD RIVER OFF PARRIS ISLAND BETWEEN BALLAST AND RIBBON CREEKS
HUCEightDigitCode 03050208
LatitudeMeasure 32.3303783000
LongitudeMeasure -80.7204855000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET