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VARO029R/VARO029S1 (11NPSWRD_WQX-BLRI_NURE_1595) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "VARO029R/VARO029S1" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BLRI_NURE_1595. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010101.

This site is located in Roanoke County County, Virginia at 37.3313000000 degrees latitude and -80.0381000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-BLRI_NURE_1595" 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, Major, Metals 1978 - 1978
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1978 - 1978
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1978 - 1978
Physical 1978 - 1978
Radiochemical 1978 - 1978
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BLRI_NURE_1595
MonitoringLocationName VARO029R/VARO029S1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located on the SALEM, VA 1:24000 scale series topographic quadrangle. The site, described as a stream, was retrieved from the online USGS OpenFile Report 97492, 'National Geochemical Database, Reformatted Data from the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) Program' Version 1.4 (2006). The 'SRLID' (Savannah River Laboratory Site Identification Number) field entries from the water results (VARO029R) and the 'SRLID' from the sediment results (VARO029S1) were combined to create the Station Name.
HUCEightDigitCode 03010101
LatitudeMeasure 37.3313000000
LongitudeMeasure -80.0381000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 161
ProviderName STORET