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John Ward Creek Upstream near KEMO Boundary (11NPSWRD_WQX-KEMO_JWCU_WQ3) 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 "John Ward Creek Upstream near KEMO Boundary" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KEMO_JWCU_WQ3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03130002.

This site is located in Cobb County County, Georgia at 33.9291389000 degrees latitude and -84.5891389000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 965 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-KEMO_JWCU_WQ3" 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, Non-metals 1993 - 1998
Microbiological 1993 - 1998
Nutrient 1993 - 1998
Organics, Other 1993 - 1998
Physical 1993 - 1998
*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-KEMO_JWCU_WQ3
MonitoringLocationName John Ward Creek Upstream near KEMO Boundary
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located near where John Ward Creek enters the eastern boundary of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The station can be found on the Marietta GA 7.5' U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle. Station is one of four water quality monitoring stations maintained by Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield to detect changes in baseline water quality conditions over time. This stream begins in rapidly developing Marietta Georgia before traverse the park. Data collection began in 1994 and was ongoing as of 1999. Park staff collect the field data and take samples to the Cobb County Water Lab for bacteriological analysis and to the USGS Georgia District for analyses of the other parameters. Supervised volunteers from North Cobb High School have collected SQS biological data at this station. Kennesaw Mountain NBP contact is Rich Biurgren; 900 Kennesaw Mtn. Dr.; Kennesaw GA 30152 (tel. 7704274686). Data processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker; NPS Water Resources Division (tel. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 03130002
LatitudeMeasure 33.9291389000
LongitudeMeasure -84.5891389000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 965
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET