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UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SOUTH CREEK. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR CREEK NORTHWEST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (21SC60WQ_WQX-RT-09091) 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 "UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SOUTH CREEK. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR CREEK NORTHWEST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-RT-09091. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050206.

This site is located in Charleston County County, South Carolina at 32.5566782000 degrees latitude and -80.2161873000 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-RT-09091" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 2009 - 2009
Information 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Microbiological 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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-RT-09091
MonitoringLocationName UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SOUTH CREEK. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR CREEK NORTHWEST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SOUTH CREEK. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR CREEK NORTHWEST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
HUCEightDigitCode 03050206
LatitudeMeasure 32.5566782000
LongitudeMeasure -80.2161873000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET