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Sharpsburg Creek (ANTIX_WQX-ANTIX_SHA) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the Antietam National Battlefield (identifier ANTIX_WQX), has the name "Sharpsburg Creek" and has the identifier ANTIX_WQX-ANTIX_SHA. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070004.

This site is located in Washington County County, Maryland at 39.4549800000 degrees latitude and -77.7377500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "ANTIX_WQX-ANTIX_SHA" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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*
Information 2005 - 2011
Nutrient 2005 - 2013
Physical 2005 - 2013
*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 ANTIX_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Antietam National Battlefield
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ANTIX_WQX-ANTIX_SHA
MonitoringLocationName Sharpsburg Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
HUCEightDigitCode 02070004
LatitudeMeasure 39.4549800000
LongitudeMeasure -77.7377500000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET