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Ernie's Creek (TDECDOE-23) 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 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (identifier TDECDOE), has the name "Ernie's Creek" and has the identifier TDECDOE-23. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010207.

This site is located in Anderson County County, Tennessee at 36.0386111 degrees latitude and -84.2130556 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "TDECDOE-23" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2007
Microbiological 1999 - 2007
Nutrient 1999 - 2007
Organics, Other 1999 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2007
Physical 1999 - 2007
Radiochemical 1999 - 2007
*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 TDECDOE
OrganizationFormalName Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TDECDOE-23
MonitoringLocationName Ernie's Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site 23 - Ernie's Creek: This stream is located behind Warehouse Road in Oak Ridge. Samples are taken a short distance from the Clinch River embayment at Clinch River Mile 51.1. This site is upstream of any possible DOE impacts and is a reference site in this respect. It may, however, show effects of any agricultural, industrial and residential activities upstream.
HUCEightDigitCode 06010207
LatitudeMeasure 36.0386111
LongitudeMeasure -84.2130556
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET