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West Point Lake - Dam Forebay (21GAEPD_WQX-LK_12_4060) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division (identifier 21GAEPD_WQX), has the name "West Point Lake - Dam Forebay" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-LK_12_4060. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03130002.

This site is located in Troup County County, Georgia at 32.9208000000 degrees latitude and -85.1834000000 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_12_4060" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2000 - 2025
Biological, Counts 2009 - 2013
Information 2000 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1994 - 2002
Microbiological 1990 - 2025
Not Assigned 1994 - 2002
Nutrient 1990 - 2025
Organics, Other 1990 - 2025
Organics, PCBs 1994 - 2002
Organics, Pesticide 1994 - 2002
Physical 1990 - 2025
*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_12_4060
MonitoringLocationName West Point Lake - Dam Forebay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 03130002
LatitudeMeasure 32.9208000000
LongitudeMeasure -85.1834000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 285
ProviderName STORET