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CHAUGA RIVER AT FOOT BRIDGE IN THE CHAU-RAM COUNTY PARK. ENTRANCE TO PARK IS JUST EAST OF THE CHAUGA RIVER AT US 76. PARKING IS BEHIND THE PARK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. CROSS OVER THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR RAMSEY CREEK TO THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR THE CHAUGA RIVER. 3 (21SC60WQ_WQX-RS-04538) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX), has the name "CHAUGA RIVER AT FOOT BRIDGE IN THE CHAU-RAM COUNTY PARK. ENTRANCE TO PARK IS JUST EAST OF THE CHAUGA RIVER AT US 76. PARKING IS BEHIND THE PARK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. CROSS OVER THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR RAMSEY CREEK TO THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR THE CHAUGA RIVER. 3" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-RS-04538. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03060102.

This site is located in Oconee County County, South Carolina at 34.6820317000 degrees latitude and -83.1463104000 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-RS-04538" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
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

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21SC60WQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-RS-04538
MonitoringLocationName CHAUGA RIVER AT FOOT BRIDGE IN THE CHAU-RAM COUNTY PARK. ENTRANCE TO PARK IS JUST EAST OF THE CHAUGA RIVER AT US 76. PARKING IS BEHIND THE PARK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. CROSS OVER THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR RAMSEY CREEK TO THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR THE CHAUGA RIVER. 3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText CHAUGA RIVER AT FOOT BRIDGE IN THE CHAU-RAM COUNTY PARK. ENTRANCE TO PARK IS JUST EAST OF THE CHAUGA RIVER AT US 76. PARKING IS BEHIND THE PARK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. CROSS OVER THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR RAMSEY CREEK TO THE FOOT BRIDGE FOR THE CHAUGA RIVER. 3
HUCEightDigitCode 03060102
LatitudeMeasure 34.6820317000
LongitudeMeasure -83.1463104000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET