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Lower Cape Fear River Program Current Monitoring Stations

NC Division of Water Quality # B8740000

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  • Location: Six Runs Creek at State Road 1003 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 47.614 W 78 18.715
  • Sampling Relevance: Concentrated animal operations in watershed
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B8450000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River near Acme, 5 km below International Paper
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 21.328 W 78 10.765
  • Sampling Relevance: Below International Paper discharge
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9490000

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  • Location: Angola Creek at NC Highway 53 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 39.423 W 77 44.091
  • Sampling Relevance: DWQ ambient and benthic location
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9000000

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  • Location: Black River at NC Highway 210 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 25.883 W 78 08.677
  • Sampling Relevance: Indicates Black River input, above Thoroughfare
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

Not a North Carolina Division of Water Quality Station

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  • Location: Black River between Thoroughfare and Cape Fear River
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 21.086 W 78 02.956
  • Sampling Relevance: Influenced by Black River and Cape Fear River
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9520000

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  • Location: Burgaw Canal at US 117
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 33.842 W 77 55.320
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Burgaw waste water treatment plant, urban nonpoint sources
  • Data collection: February 1996 to December 2012

NC Division of Water Quality # B9500000

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  • Location: Burgaw Canal near the old RR track
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 33.842 W 77 56.062
  • Sampling Relevance: Above Burgaw waste water treatment plant discharge
  • Data collection: February 1996 to December 2012

NC Division of Water Quality # B8340050

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  • Location: Browns Creek at NC Highway 87
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 36.816 W 78 35.077
  • Sampling Relevance: Hog operations in watershed
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9790000

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  • Location: Brunswick River near boat ramp in Belville
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 13.283 W 77 58.721
  • Sampling relevance: Sturgeon area, Near Belville WWTP
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B8981000

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  • Location: Colly Creek at NC Highway 53 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 27.900 W 78 15.392
  • Sampling Relevance: Pristine swamp reference site
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B8465000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River at DAK Intake near Hooper Hill
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 20.157 W 78 03.202
  • Sampling relevance: At dissolved oxygen sag from International Paper, above Black River
  • Data collection: June 1997 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # 8604000

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  • Location: Great Coharie Creek at SR 1214 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 55.114 W 78 23.324
  • Sampling Relevance: Downstream of Clinton WWTP
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9191000

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  • Location: Goshen Swamp at NC Highway 903 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 35 01.896 W 77 50.952
  • Sampling Relevance: Swamp reference site with Agriculture in watershed
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B8340200

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  • Location: Hammond Creek at SR 1704 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 34.112 W 78 33.088
  • Sampling Relevance: Hog operations in watershed
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9050100

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  • Location: Cape Fear River at South end of Horseshoe Bend, 5 km above Wilmington
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 14.623 W 77 58.188
  • Sampling Relevance: Above confluence with Northeast Cape Fear River
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9030000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River 3 km above Indian Creek
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 18.124 W 78 00.823
  • Sampling Relevance: Cluster of dischargers
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B8610001

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  • Location: Little Coharie Creek at SR 1207 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 50.084 W 78 22.252
  • Sampling Relevance: Hog operations in watershed
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9460000

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  • Location: Little Rockfish Creek at NC 11
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 43.365 W 77 58.892
  • Sampling Relevance: DWQ benthic sampling site
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality #B8441000

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  • Location: Livingston Creek at Wright Chemical sampling walkway
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 220.118 W 78 12.066
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Wright Chemical Plant
  • Data collection: January 2005 to June 2015

NC Division of Water Quality # B9921000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River near Southport
  • Lat/Lon: N 33 54.778 W 78 01.018
  • Sampling Relevance: Lower end of the estuary
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9910000

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  • Location: On the Cape Fear River, at Snow's Marsh
  • Lat/Lon: N 33 56.736 W 77 58.175
  • Sampling Relevance: Near CP&L intake canal area at Snows Marsh
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9850100

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  • Location: Cape Fear River near Sunny Point/Old Brunswick Town
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 02.045 W 77 56.366
  • Sampling Relevance: Adjacent to Snow's Cut
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9845100

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  • Location: Cape Fear River near Keg Island
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 05.410 W 77 56.013
  • Sampling relevance: Upstream of Snow's Cut, middle of estuary
  • Data collection: June 1995 to June 2011

NC Division of Water Quality # B9795000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River near Town Creek area
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 08.360 W 77 56.757
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Wilmington, middle of estuary
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9800000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River, downtown at the State Port
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 11.626 W 77 57.435
  • Sampling Relevance: Downstream of confluence of the Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9050025

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  • Location: Cape Fear River near Navassa
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 15.566 W 77 59.260
  • Sampling Relevance: Downstream of Progress Energy steam plant and Leland Ind. Park
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B8360000

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  • Location: Cape Fear River at NC Highway 11 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 23.798 W 78 16.071
  • Sampling Relevance: Represents water entering the lower watershed from upstream
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9090000

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  • Location: Northeast Cape Fear River
  • Lat/Lon: N 35 10.704 W 77 58.842
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Mt. Olive Pickle Plant and WWTP
  • Data collection: June 1997 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9580000

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  • Location: North East Cape Fear River near Castle Hayne
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 21.805 W 77 53.807
  • Sampling Relevance: DWQ ambient site, Downstream Elementic Chromium
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9670000

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  • Location: Northeast Cape Fear River, 6.4 miles upstream of Wilmington
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 19.026 W 77 57.230
  • Sampling Relevance: Near GE
  • Data collection: June 1995 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9130000

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  • Location: Panther Creek, at Dean's Foods access road
  • Lat/Lon: N 35 08.067 W 78 08.178
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Dean's Foods (Pickle Plant)
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9430000

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  • Location: Rockfish Creek near US 117
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 43.035 W 77 58.763
  • Sampling Relevance: Agriculture in watershed, above Little Rockfish Ck.
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # BB9191500

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  • Location: Northeast Cape Fear River near Sarecta
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 58.806 W 77 51.732
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Guilford Mills and Cogentrix
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9720000

  • Location: Smith Creek at highway N117 bridge
  • Lat/Lon: N 34 15.516 W 77 56.346
  • Sampling Relevance: Near mouth of creek
  • Data collection: 2004 to present

NC Division of Water Quality # B9980000

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  • Location: 1000 ft W of Southport waste water treatment plant, on Intracoastal Waterway
  • Lat/Lon: N 33 55.025 W 78 02.230
  • Sampling Relevance: Upstream of Southport WWTP
  • Data collection: March 1998 to June 2011

NC Division of Water Quality # B8470000

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  • Location: On South River near US 13
  • Lat/Lon: N 35 09.360    W 78 38.408
  • Sampling Relevance: Below Dunn runoff
  • Data collection: February 1996 to present
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