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FISH HAUL CREEK AT PORT ROYAL SOUND (21SCSHL-20-21) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control - Shellfish (identifier 21SCSHL), has the name "FISH HAUL CREEK AT PORT ROYAL SOUND" and has the identifier 21SCSHL-20-21. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050208.

This site is located in Beaufort County County, South Carolina at 32.2427778 degrees latitude and -80.6888889 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 "21SCSHL-20-21" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1999 - 2002
Microbiological 1999 - 2003
Physical 1999 - 2003
*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 21SCSHL
OrganizationFormalName SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control - Shellfish
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21SCSHL-20-21
MonitoringLocationName FISH HAUL CREEK AT PORT ROYAL SOUND
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03050208
LatitudeMeasure 32.2427778
LongitudeMeasure -80.6888889
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET