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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  UVAVTSSS_WQX >  UVAVTSSS_WQX-MAIA97-132

North River (UVAVTSSS_WQX-MAIA97-132) 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 University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Department (identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX), has the name "North River" and has the identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-MAIA97-132. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070005.

This site is located in Augusta County County, Virginia at 38.4180800000 degrees latitude and -79.2686800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2910 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 "UVAVTSSS_WQX-MAIA97-132" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2015
Not Assigned 2012 - 2015
Nutrient 2011 - 2015
Organics, Other 2011 - 2015
Physical 2011 - 2015
*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 UVAVTSSS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Department
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-MAIA97-132
MonitoringLocationName North River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 03/18/11 Site is about 2.3 km upstream of FR 95, about 50 m above the 4th stream crossing by National Forest Trail. Bank-to-bank width: about 5 m; Bank height: about 1 m; Midstream depth: about 25 cm Vegetation adjacent site: red oak, white pine, eastern hemlock, mountain laurel Watershed land use: forest Disturbance adjacent or upstream of site: none observed; map shows low-grade road along ridge above site Tag number 460; 30 cm DBH white pine on left bank (looking downstream) about 10 m downstream from sampling site. New coordinates: yes; previous coordinates located site about 170 m upstream of site in photos.
HUCEightDigitCode 02070005
LatitudeMeasure 38.4180800000
LongitudeMeasure -79.2686800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2910
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET