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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21SC60WQ_WQX >  21SC60WQ_WQX-RT-12039

RT-12039 (21SC60WQ_WQX-RT-12039) 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 "RT-12039" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-RT-12039. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050207.

This site is located in Colleton County County, South Carolina at 32.5799089900 degrees latitude and -80.5145679300 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-12039" 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 2012 - 2012
Information 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Microbiological 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
*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-12039
MonitoringLocationName RT-12039
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NEW CHEHAW RIVER E OF BIG ISLAND IN MIDDLE OF SET OF HAIRPIN CURVES
HUCEightDigitCode 03050207
LatitudeMeasure 32.5799089900
LongitudeMeasure -80.5145679300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET