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Lake Oconee at Lick Creek (21GAEPD_WQX-LK_03_15217) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division (identifier 21GAEPD_WQX), has the name "Lake Oconee at Lick Creek" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-LK_03_15217. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03070101.

This site is located in Putnam County County, Georgia at 33.4287000000 degrees latitude and -83.2861000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-LK_03_15217" 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, Minor, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Not Assigned 2013 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2013
Organics, PCBs 2013 - 2013
Organics, Pesticide 2013 - 2013
*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-LK_03_15217
MonitoringLocationName Lake Oconee at Lick Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 03070101
LatitudeMeasure 33.4287000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.2861000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 237
ProviderName STORET