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Wards Creek in Southeast Baton Rouge, Louisiana (LADEQWPD_WQX-4864) 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 LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana) (identifier LADEQWPD_WQX), has the name "Wards Creek in Southeast Baton Rouge, Louisiana" and has the identifier LADEQWPD_WQX-4864. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08070202.

This site is located in East Baton Rouge Parish County, Louisiana at 30.3912510000 degrees latitude and -91.0847000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. The horizontal location collection method was "Unknown" and the accuracy is 12 m. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "LADEQWPD_WQX-4864" 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*
Information 2017 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2018
Microbiological 2017 - 2018
Not Assigned 2017 - 2018
Nutrient 2017 - 2018
Organics, Other 2017 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2017 - 2018
Physical 2017 - 2018
*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 LADEQWPD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LADEQWPD_WQX-4864
MonitoringLocationName Wards Creek in Southeast Baton Rouge, Louisiana
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText at parking lot bridge (south side) between Mall Ring Road and I-10 Access Road, 9.4 miles west-southwest of Denham Springs, 9.2 miles north-northeast of St. Gabriel, 9.1 miles east of Brusly
HUCEightDigitCode 08070202
LatitudeMeasure 30.3912510000
LongitudeMeasure -91.0847000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET