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Tar River at NC 42 at Old Sparta (21NCCOALITIONS-O6000000) 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 NC DWQ Monitoring Coalition Program (identifier 21NCCOALITIONS), has the name "Tar River at NC 42 at Old Sparta" and has the identifier 21NCCOALITIONS-O6000000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03020103.

This site is located in Edgecombe County County, North Carolina at 35.7903000000 degrees latitude and -77.5506700000 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 "21NCCOALITIONS-O6000000" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Microbiological 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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 21NCCOALITIONS
OrganizationFormalName NC DWQ Monitoring Coalition Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NCCOALITIONS-O6000000
MonitoringLocationName Tar River at NC 42 at Old Sparta
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03020103
LatitudeMeasure 35.7903000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.5506700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 065
ProviderName STORET