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S FORK CATAWBA RIV AT NC 10 NR STARTOWN (21NC03WQ-C4380000) 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 North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX (identifier 21NC03WQ), has the name "S FORK CATAWBA RIV AT NC 10 NR STARTOWN" and has the identifier 21NC03WQ-C4380000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03050102.

This site is located in Catawba County County, North Carolina at 35.6331100000 degrees latitude and -81.3053100000 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 "21NC03WQ-C4380000" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Information 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2022
Microbiological 2008 - 2023
Nutrient 2016 - 2023
Organics, Other 2008 - 2014
Physical 2008 - 2023
*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 21NC03WQ
OrganizationFormalName North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NC03WQ-C4380000
MonitoringLocationName S FORK CATAWBA RIV AT NC 10 NR STARTOWN
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03050102
LatitudeMeasure 35.6331100000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3053100000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET