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CANE CREEK RESERVOIR AT DAM NR OAKS NC (21NC01WQ-B2015210) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This reservoir site, maintained by the NCDENR-DWQ (identifier 21NC01WQ), has the name "CANE CREEK RESERVOIR AT DAM NR OAKS NC" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-B2015210. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03030002.

This site is located in Orange County County, North Carolina at 35.9500000 degrees latitude and -79.2416667 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 "21NC01WQ-B2015210" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1990 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 1996
Physical 1990 - 1996
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21NC01WQ
OrganizationFormalName NCDENR-DWQ
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NC01WQ-B2015210
MonitoringLocationName CANE CREEK RESERVOIR AT DAM NR OAKS NC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText CANE CREEK RESERVOIR AT DAM NR OAKS NC
HUCEightDigitCode 03030002
LatitudeMeasure 35.9500000
LongitudeMeasure -79.2416667
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 135
ProviderName STORET