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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21SC60WQ_WQX >  21SC60WQ_WQX-SV-268

SV-268 (21SC60WQ_WQX-SV-268) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX), has the name "SV-268" and has the identifier 21SC60WQ_WQX-SV-268. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03060101.

This site is located in Anderson County County, South Carolina at 34.5971986000 degrees latitude and -82.8217753600 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-SV-268" 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 2000 - 2023
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2018 - 2023
Information 1999 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2024
Microbiological 1999 - 2024
Nutrient 1999 - 2024
Organics, Other 2000 - 2009
Physical 1999 - 2024
*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-SV-268
MonitoringLocationName SV-268
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LAKE HARTWELL - EIGHTEEN MILE CK ARM AT S-04-1098
HUCEightDigitCode 03060101
LatitudeMeasure 34.5971986000
LongitudeMeasure -82.8217753600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET