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North Fork/South Branch Potomac River At MP 41.4 (WVDEP_WQX-12558) 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 "North Fork/South Branch Potomac River At MP 41.4" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-12558. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070001. This site has a drainage area of 31368.1308 ac.

This site is located in Pendleton County County, West Virginia at 38.5886166700 degrees latitude and -79.5461833300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2374.6985 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-12558" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2016
Physical, Habitat 2016 - 2016
Sediment 2016 - 2016
*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-12558
MonitoringLocationName North Fork/South Branch Potomac River At MP 41.4
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Between UNTs/North Fork RMs 41.16 & 41.54 at County Route 19 bridge South of Cherry Grove; On the Snowy Mountain USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 31368.1308
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.5886166700
LongitudeMeasure -79.5461833300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2374.6985
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET