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Mid Lake Marion @ the mouth of Taw Caw Creek (21SCSANT-SC-036) 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 "Mid Lake Marion @ the mouth of Taw Caw Creek" and has the identifier 21SCSANT-SC-036. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050111.

This site is located in Clarendon County County, South Carolina at 33.4869444 degrees latitude and -80.3080556 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-036" 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 1984 - 2006
Information 1983 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1983 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1986 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1983 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2006
Microbiological 1983 - 2006
Nutrient 1983 - 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-036
MonitoringLocationName Mid Lake Marion @ the mouth of Taw Caw Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The sampling site is Lake Marion, Taw Caw Creek embayment, approximately 1.6 kilometers south of Goat Island Resort and adjacent to Goat Island. The site is sampled on a monthly basis.
HUCEightDigitCode 03050111
LatitudeMeasure 33.4869444
LongitudeMeasure -80.3080556
SourceMapScaleNumeric 400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET