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North Mills River at SR 1343 (River Loop Rd) nr Mills River (21NC03WQ-E1485000) 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 "North Mills River at SR 1343 (River Loop Rd) nr Mills River" and has the identifier 21NC03WQ-E1485000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010105.

This site is located in Henderson County County, North Carolina at 35.3941200000 degrees latitude and -82.6164600000 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-E1485000" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2016
Microbiological 2015 - 2015
Nutrient 2015 - 2016
Organics, BDEs 2015 - 2016
Organics, Other 2015 - 2016
Organics, PCBs 2015 - 2016
Organics, Pesticide 2015 - 2016
Physical 2015 - 2016
Radiochemical 2015 - 2016
Stable Isotopes 2015 - 2016
*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-E1485000
MonitoringLocationName North Mills River at SR 1343 (River Loop Rd) nr Mills River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 06010105
LatitudeMeasure 35.3941200000
LongitudeMeasure -82.6164600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET