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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  NARS >  NARS-OWW04440-0516

Old Town Creek (NARS-OWW04440-0516) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data (identifier NARS), has the name "Old Town Creek" and has the identifier NARS-OWW04440-0516. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010206.

This site is located in Claiborne County County, Tennessee at 36.5400000 degrees latitude and -83.7600000 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 "NARS-OWW04440-0516" 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*
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
Sediment 2004 - 2004
*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 NARS
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS-OWW04440-0516
MonitoringLocationName Old Town Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SITE TYPE is EASTPROB/Strahler Stream Order is 1/Station Weight (km): 1312.2783/IBI Score: 26.712/OE Taxa Loss: 0.776
HUCEightDigitCode 06010206
LatitudeMeasure 36.5400000
LongitudeMeasure -83.7600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET