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Laurel Creek north of Athens, W.Va. (211WVOWR-KNB-012-0006) 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 WV Div of Environmental Protection, Office of Water Resource (identifier 211WVOWR), has the name "Laurel Creek north of Athens, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-KNB-012-0006. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050002.

This site is located in Mercer County County, West Virginia at 37.4361944 degrees latitude and -81.0050556 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "211WVOWR-KNB-012-0006" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 1999
Microbiological 1999 - 1999
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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 211WVOWR
OrganizationFormalName WV Div of Environmental Protection, Office of Water Resource
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 211WVOWR-KNB-012-0006
MonitoringLocationName Laurel Creek north of Athens, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Laurel Creek beside the Athens Sewage Treatment Plant 1 Mile Northeast of Town of Athens, Mercer County, West Virginia.¶<** Athens WV Topographic Map **>
HUCEightDigitCode 05050002
LatitudeMeasure 37.4361944
LongitudeMeasure -81.0050556
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET