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COWPASTURE RIVER NEAR CLIFTON FORGE, VA (USGS-02016000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-VA), has the name "COWPASTURE RIVER NEAR CLIFTON FORGE, VA" and has the identifier USGS-02016000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 461 sq mi.

This site is located in Alleghany County County, Virginia at 37.79179587000000 degrees latitude and -79.7594917000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1007.02 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .11 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02016000" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1929 - 1968
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1929 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1929 - 1968
Nutrient 1929 - 1968
Physical 1929 - 2008
*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 USGS-VA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Virginia Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02016000
MonitoringLocationName COWPASTURE RIVER NEAR CLIFTON FORGE, VA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02080201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 461
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 37.79179587000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.7594917000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1007.02
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .11
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 005
ProviderName NWIS