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FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, NC (USGS-03454512) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NC), has the name "FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, NC" and has the identifier USGS-03454512. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010105. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Madison County County, North Carolina at 35.89482546000000 degrees latitude and -82.8229205000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-03454512" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1968 - 1969
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1968 - 1969
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1968 - 1969
Microbiological 1968 - 1968
Nutrient 1968 - 1969
Organics, Other 1968 - 1969
Physical 1968 - 1969
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NC
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Carolina Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-03454512
MonitoringLocationName FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, NC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 06010105
LatitudeMeasure 35.89482546000000
LongitudeMeasure -82.8229205000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 115
ProviderName NWIS