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Big Creek at Roswell Water Intake near Roswell, GA (21GAEPD_WQX-RV_12_4280) 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 "Big Creek at Roswell Water Intake near Roswell, GA" and has the identifier 21GAEPD_WQX-RV_12_4280. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03130001.

This site is located in Fulton County County, Georgia at 34.0179000000 degrees latitude and -84.3525000000 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-RV_12_4280" 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 2010 - 2020
Biological, Counts 2008 - 2018
Biological, Habitat, Plants 2010 - 2020
Information 2008 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2023
Microbiological 1990 - 2024
Not Assigned 2010 - 2020
Nutrient 1990 - 2024
Organics, Other 1990 - 2024
Physical 1990 - 2024
Physical, Habitat 2008 - 2020
Radiochemical 2022 - 2023
Sediment 2008 - 2020
*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-RV_12_4280
MonitoringLocationName Big Creek at Roswell Water Intake near Roswell, GA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03130001
LatitudeMeasure 34.0179000000
LongitudeMeasure -84.3525000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 121
ProviderName STORET