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47WS 13 (USGS-390434077551701) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the USGS Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-VA), has the name "47WS 13" and has the identifier USGS-390434077551701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070007. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Clarke County County, Virginia at 39.07605278000000 degrees latitude and -77.9213750000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 730.80 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." is 1.0 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-390434077551701" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2009
Physical 2003 - 2009
*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-390434077551701
MonitoringLocationName 47WS 13
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 02070007
LatitudeMeasure 39.07605278000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.9213750000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 730.80
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.0
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 043
ProviderName NWIS