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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  WVDEP_WQX >  WVDEP_WQX-11458

UNT/James Branch RM 0.52 At MP 0 (WVDEP_WQX-11458) 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 West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "UNT/James Branch RM 0.52 At MP 0" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-11458. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050009. This site has a drainage area of 1062.9631 ac.

This site is located in Boone County County, West Virginia at 37.8688888900 degrees latitude and -81.6277222200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 34 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1140.2146 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-11458" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Biological, Fish 2011 - 2012
Information 2011 - 2012
Organics, Other 2011 - 2012
Physical 2011 - 2012
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2012
Sediment 2011 - 2012
*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-11458
MonitoringLocationName UNT/James Branch RM 0.52 At MP 0
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At mouth East of Bald Knob; On the Lorado USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050009
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1062.9631
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.8688888900
LongitudeMeasure -81.6277222200
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 34
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1140.2146
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET