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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  EBCI >  EBCI-Graham County3

Big Snowbird (EBCI-Graham County3) 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 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Tribal) (identifier EBCI), has the name "Big Snowbird" and has the identifier EBCI-Graham County3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010204.

This site is located in Graham County County, North Carolina at 35.3035660000 degrees latitude and -83.8734870000 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 "EBCI-Graham County3" 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*
Microbiological 2015 - 2016
Nutrient 2015 - 2016
Physical 2015 - 2016
*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 EBCI
OrganizationFormalName Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EBCI-Graham County3
MonitoringLocationName Big Snowbird
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Cornsilk center
HUCEightDigitCode 06010204
LatitudeMeasure 35.3035660000
LongitudeMeasure -83.8734870000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 075
ProviderName STORET