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Yellow Water Creek at State Road 16 near Jackson, GA (21GAEPD_WQX-0503100105) 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 Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division (identifier 21GAEPD_WQX), has the name "Yellow Water Creek at State Road 16 near Jackson, GA" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-0503100105. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03070103.

This site is located in Butts County County, Georgia at 33.3028020000 degrees latitude and -83.8513380000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21GAEPD_WQX-0503100105" 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 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Microbiological 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
Radiochemical 2014 - 2014
*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 21GAEPD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21GAEPD_WQX-0503100105
MonitoringLocationName Yellow Water Creek at State Road 16 near Jackson, GA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Yellow Water Creek at State Road 16 near Jackson, GA
HUCEightDigitCode 03070103
LatitudeMeasure 33.3028020000
LongitudeMeasure -83.8513380000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET