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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  211WVOWR >  211WVOWR-P-006-0002

Back Creek northeast of Tomahawk, W.Va. (211WVOWR-P-006-0002) 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 "Back Creek northeast of Tomahawk, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-P-006-0002. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070004.

This site is located in Berkeley County County, West Virginia at 39.5497500 degrees latitude and -78.0270000 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-P-006-0002" 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*
Biological 2003 - 2003
Information 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1998
Microbiological 1998 - 2003
Nutrient 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 2003
Sediment 2003 - 2003
*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-P-006-0002
MonitoringLocationName Back Creek northeast of Tomahawk, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Back Creek 1 Mile Northeast of Community of Tomahawk, Berkeley County, West Virginia. <** Big Pool MD-WV Topographic Map **>
HUCEightDigitCode 02070004
LatitudeMeasure 39.5497500
LongitudeMeasure -78.0270000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET