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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  UVAVTSSS_WQX >  UVAVTSSS_WQX-PCCRC01

Posey Creek 25m from road intersection (UVAVTSSS_WQX-PCCRC01) 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 "Posey Creek 25m from road intersection" and has the identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-PCCRC01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070005.

This site is located in Warren County County, Virginia at 38.8884700000 degrees latitude and -78.1381100000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 349 m 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-PCCRC01" 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 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 2008 - 2008
Organics, Other 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
*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-PCCRC01
MonitoringLocationName Posey Creek 25m from road intersection
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Samples taken approximately 25 m up from culvert/road intersection. Taken directly below small falls over concrete dam, near old iron fence.
HUCEightDigitCode 02070005
LatitudeMeasure 38.8884700000
LongitudeMeasure -78.1381100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 349
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 187
ProviderName STORET