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Alum Fork At MP 0.2 (WVDEP_WQX-14848) 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 "Alum Fork At MP 0.2" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-14848. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05090102. This site has a drainage area of 234.5216 ac.

This site is located in Wayne County County, West Virginia at 38.0716666700 degrees latitude and -82.2945277800 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 19 ft. This site is at an elevation of 709.9487 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-14848" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2016 - 2017
Information 2016 - 2017
Organics, Other 2016 - 2017
Physical 2016 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2016 - 2017
Sediment 2016 - 2017
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX-14848
MonitoringLocationName Alum Fork At MP 0.2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Downstream UNT/Alum Fork RM 0.26 (just upstream campground cul-de-sac) Southeast of Kiahsville in East Lynn Wildlife Management area; On the Kiahsville USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05090102
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 234.5216
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.0716666700
LongitudeMeasure -82.2945277800
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 19
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 709.9487
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET