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Cain Creek (TDECWR_WQX-TNW000000840) 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 TDEC Division of Water Resources (identifier TDECWR_WQX), has the name "Cain Creek" and has the identifier TDECWR_WQX-TNW000000840. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06020001.

This site is located in Sequatchie County County, Tennessee at 35.2790600000 degrees latitude and -85.3163700000 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 "TDECWR_WQX-TNW000000840" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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, Counts 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2010
Nutrient 2009 - 2010
Physical 2009 - 2010
Physical, Habitat 2010 - 2010
Sediment 2009 - 2010
*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 TDECWR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName TDEC Division of Water Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TDECWR_WQX-TNW000000840
MonitoringLocationName Cain Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 06020001
LatitudeMeasure 35.2790600000
LongitudeMeasure -85.3163700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 47
CountyCode 153
ProviderName STORET