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Stephens Lake At Site C (WVDEP_WQX-12036) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "Stephens Lake At Site C" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-12036. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050009. This site has a drainage area of 1486.7713 ac.

This site is located in Raleigh County County, West Virginia at 37.7956666700 degrees latitude and -81.2937222200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2022.3335 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-12036" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Physical, Habitat 2012 - 2012
Sediment 2012 - 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-12036
MonitoringLocationName Stephens Lake At Site C
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site C-Downstream of UNT/Stephens Branch RM 2.42 Northeast of Glen Daniel; On the Eccles USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050009
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1486.7713
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.7956666700
LongitudeMeasure -81.2937222200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2022.3335
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET