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J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir (OST_SHPD-1461) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This reservoir site, maintained by the USEPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division (identifier OST_SHPD), has the name "J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir" and has the identifier OST_SHPD-1461. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03060105.

This site is located in Wilkes County County, Georgia at 33.6420000000 degrees latitude and -82.4835000000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "OST_SHPD-1461" 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, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Not Assigned 2000 - 2000
Organics, Other 2000 - 2000
Organics, PCBs 2000 - 2000
Organics, Pesticide 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2000
Stable Isotopes 2000 - 2000
*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 OST_SHPD
OrganizationFormalName USEPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OST_SHPD-1461
MonitoringLocationName J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 03060105
LatitudeMeasure 33.6420000000
LongitudeMeasure -82.4835000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Address Matching-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 13
CountyCode 317
ProviderName STORET