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Pond Fork At MP 15.6 (WVDEP_WQX-1017) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "Pond Fork At MP 15.6" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-1017. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050009. This site has a drainage area of 33324.5468 ac.

This site is located in Boone County County, West Virginia at 37.9419944400 degrees latitude and -81.7050083300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 23 ft. This site is at an elevation of 858.8751 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 "WVDEP_WQX-1017" 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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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 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 WVDEP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX-1017
MonitoringLocationName Pond Fork At MP 15.6
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Casey Creek in Cazy South of Van; On the Wharton USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050009
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 33324.5468
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.9419944400
LongitudeMeasure -81.7050083300
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 23
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 858.8751
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET