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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE >  FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Cedar Creek

Cedar Creek (FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Cedar Creek) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This spring site, maintained by the Megan Murray (identifier FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE), has the name "Cedar Creek" and has the identifier FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Cedar Creek. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070006.

This site is located in Shenandoah County County, Virginia at 39.0427418300 degrees latitude and -78.3327600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Cedar Creek" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1991 - 2018
Microbiological 1990 - 2018
Nutrient 1990 - 2018
Physical 1990 - 2018
*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 FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE
OrganizationFormalName Megan Murray
MonitoringLocationIdentifier FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Cedar Creek
MonitoringLocationName Cedar Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 02070006
LatitudeMeasure 39.0427418300
LongitudeMeasure -78.3327600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 171
ProviderName STORET