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FALLS OF THE NEUSE RESERVOIR (21NC03WQ-NEU018E) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX (identifier 21NC03WQ), has the name "FALLS OF THE NEUSE RESERVOIR" and has the identifier 21NC03WQ-NEU018E. 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 36.0222000000 degrees latitude and -78.6852900000 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-NEU018E" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2001 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Microbiological 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2022
Organics, Other 2005 - 2018
Physical 2000 - 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-NEU018E
MonitoringLocationName FALLS OF THE NEUSE RESERVOIR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 03020201
LatitudeMeasure 36.0222000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.6852900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 183
ProviderName STORET