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Congaree River at US Highway 601 near Fort Motte (11NPSWRD_WQX-CONG_JP_CON) 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 National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Congaree River at US Highway 601 near Fort Motte" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CONG_JP_CON. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050110.

This site is located in Calhoun County County, South Carolina at 33.7519444000 degrees latitude and -80.6458333000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 75 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-CONG_JP_CON" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1989 - 1991
Information 1989 - 1991
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1989 - 1991
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1989 - 1991
Organics, Other 1989 - 1991
Physical 1989 - 1991
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CONG_JP_CON
MonitoringLocationName Congaree River at US Highway 601 near Fort Motte
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station located in Congaree River at US Highway 601 near Fort Motte South Carolina. Station can be found on USGS 7.5' Wateree quadrangle. Data stored at this station were collected and analyzed in a report titled: "Sources and Accumulation of Trace Metals in Sediments and the Asiatic Clam; Corbicula fluminea; in Two South Carolina Watersheds" by Jeannie R. Pickett; South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control; USGS Award Number 140800011735; Sampling Period March 1989 March 1991. This sampling station is one of two stations where the bioavailability of heavy metals to the freshwater clam from sediment and water column exposures as associated with surface water runoff within the Congaree and Wateree watersheds were determined. Data processed and uploaded to STORET by Scott S. Hermsen; National Park ServiceWater Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Drive Suite 250; Fort Collins Colorado 80525; (tel. 970 2253516 fax. 970 2259965).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 03050110
LatitudeMeasure 33.7519444000
LongitudeMeasure -80.6458333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 75
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 45
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET