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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21SCSANT >  21SCSANT-SC-001

Congaree River @ U.S. 601 bridge (21SCSANT-SC-001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Santee Cooper - South Carolina Public Service Authority (identifier 21SCSANT), has the name "Congaree River @ U.S. 601 bridge" and has the identifier 21SCSANT-SC-001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050110.

This site is located in Calhoun County County, South Carolina at 33.7527778 degrees latitude and -80.6455556 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21SCSANT-SC-001" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1984 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1985 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1984 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Microbiological 1983 - 2006
Nutrient 1984 - 2006
Physical 1983 - 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 21SCSANT
OrganizationFormalName Santee Cooper - South Carolina Public Service Authority
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21SCSANT-SC-001
MonitoringLocationName Congaree River @ U.S. 601 bridge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The sampling site is at U.S. 601 bridge, approximately 1.25 kilometers upstream of the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers. This site is sampled on a monthly basis.¶
HUCEightDigitCode 03050110
LatitudeMeasure 33.7527778
LongitudeMeasure -80.6455556
SourceMapScaleNumeric 400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET