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UT Cowpen Branch at SR 1760 Cedar Grove Church Rd nr St Pauls (21NC03WQ-I5150000) 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 "UT Cowpen Branch at SR 1760 Cedar Grove Church Rd nr St Pauls" and has the identifier 21NC03WQ-I5150000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03040203.

This site is located in Robeson County County, North Carolina at 34.7747400000 degrees latitude and -79.0038200000 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-I5150000" 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

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, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Organics, BDEs 2021 - 2022
Organics, Other 2021 - 2022
Organics, PCBs 2021 - 2022
Organics, Pesticide 2021 - 2022
Physical 2021 - 2022
Stable Isotopes 2021 - 2022
*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-I5150000
MonitoringLocationName UT Cowpen Branch at SR 1760 Cedar Grove Church Rd nr St Pauls
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03040203
LatitudeMeasure 34.7747400000
LongitudeMeasure -79.0038200000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 155
ProviderName STORET