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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  211WVOWR >  211WVOWR-MW-004-0003

Helens Run south of Idamay, W.Va. (211WVOWR-MW-004-0003) 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 "Helens Run south of Idamay, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-MW-004-0003. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020002.

This site is located in Marion County County, West Virginia at 39.4830000 degrees latitude and -80.2620000 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-MW-004-0003" 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*
Information 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Microbiological 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2000
*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-MW-004-0003
MonitoringLocationName Helens Run south of Idamay, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Helens Run above County Route 15/8 Culvert 0.7 Mile South of Community of Idamay, Marion County, West Virginia.¶<** Shinnston WV Topographic Map **>
HUCEightDigitCode 05020002
LatitudeMeasure 39.4830000
LongitudeMeasure -80.2620000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET