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Lower Low Gap Branch (Big Creek) (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0123) 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 National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Lower Low Gap Branch (Big Creek)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0123. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010106.

This site is located in Haywood County County, North Carolina at 35.7307751400 degrees latitude and -83.1651532900 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3184.6 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-GRSM_F_0123" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 1993 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2022 - 2022
Not Assigned 2022 - 2022
Nutrient 1993 - 2022
Physical 1993 - 2022
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSM_F_0123
MonitoringLocationName Lower Low Gap Branch (Big Creek)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stream Order: 2 UTMX=304228; UTMY=3956030 Survey Period: 1993-1996 Other: From original park report: Route 1 - Cosby Creek to Big Creek. Park at Cosby Campgrounds and proceed up Low Gap Trail. Route 1 - Cosby Creek, Big Creek, and Low Gap Creek. Site 123 (Old Site 20) - Low Gap Branch at 3200 ft. - use altimeter to locate but Trail is very close to stream here (about 10 ft. away) - this is a pretty good sized stream, don't be fooled by small streamlets you may encounter on the way up from the Walnut Bottoms area - use your altimeter to identify sites.
HUCEightDigitCode 06010106
LatitudeMeasure 35.7307751400
LongitudeMeasure -83.1651532900
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3184.6
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET