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LAKE BENSON AT LOWER END NR GARNER NC CLEAN LAKE (21NC01WQ-J4484010) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This reservoir site, maintained by the NCDENR-DWQ (identifier 21NC01WQ), has the name "LAKE BENSON AT LOWER END NR GARNER NC CLEAN LAKE" and has the identifier 21NC01WQ-J4484010. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03020201.

This site is located in Wake County County, North Carolina at 35.6652778 degrees latitude and -78.6250000 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-J4484010" 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 1991 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1983 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1983 - 1996
Microbiological 1983 - 1987
Physical 1983 - 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-J4484010
MonitoringLocationName LAKE BENSON AT LOWER END NR GARNER NC CLEAN LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LAKE BENSON AT LOWER END NR GARNER NC CLEAN LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 03020201
LatitudeMeasure 35.6652778
LongitudeMeasure -78.6250000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 183
ProviderName STORET