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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  211WVOWR >  211WVOWR-PSB-000-013.50

South Branch of Potomac River east of Springfield, W.Va. (211WVOWR-PSB-000-013.50) 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 "South Branch of Potomac River east of Springfield, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-PSB-000-013.50. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070001.

This site is located in Hampshire County County, West Virginia at 39.4477055 degrees latitude and -78.6542361 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 580 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-PSB-000-013.50" 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*
Biological 2004 - 2007
Information 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2007
Microbiological 1999 - 2007
Not Assigned 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 1999 - 2007
Organics, Other 1999 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 2005 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 2005 - 2006
Physical 1999 - 2007
*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-PSB-000-013.50
MonitoringLocationName South Branch of Potomac River east of Springfield, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Mid - Stream Sample of the South Branch of the Potomac River at County Route 3 Highway Bridge 2 Miles East of Community of Springfield, Hampshire County, West Virginia. <** Springfield WV-MD Topographic Map **>
HUCEightDigitCode 02070001
LatitudeMeasure 39.4477055
LongitudeMeasure -78.6542361
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 580
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET