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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21SCSANT >  21SCSANT-SC-029

South quadrant of Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis Hatchery (21SCSANT-SC-029) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Santee Cooper - South Carolina Public Service Authority (identifier 21SCSANT), has the name "South quadrant of Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis Hatchery" and has the identifier 21SCSANT-SC-029. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050201.

This site is located in Berkeley County County, South Carolina at 33.2500000 degrees latitude and -80.0527778 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-029" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 1983 - 1996
Information 1983 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1983 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1986 - 1986
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1983 - 1996
Microbiological 1984 - 1996
Nutrient 1983 - 1995
Physical 1983 - 1996
*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-029
MonitoringLocationName South quadrant of Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis Hatchery
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The sampling site Lake Moultrie in the southern quadrant of the lake between west shore of Pinopolis peninsula and the Pinopolis pool hatchery. This site is no longer sampled.
HUCEightDigitCode 03050201
LatitudeMeasure 33.2500000
LongitudeMeasure -80.0527778
SourceMapScaleNumeric 400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET