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Garrett Creek At MP 0.1 (WVDEP_WQX-14851) 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 "Garrett Creek At MP 0.1" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-14851. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05090102. This site has a drainage area of 2375.5996 ac.

This site is located in Wayne County County, West Virginia at 38.2584166700 degrees latitude and -82.4519722200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 29 ft. This site is at an elevation of 563.5385 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-14851" 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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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*
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

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-14851
MonitoringLocationName Garrett Creek At MP 0.1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream UNT/Garrett Creek RM 0.04 South of Ardel; On the Lavalette USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05090102
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 2375.5996
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.2584166700
LongitudeMeasure -82.4519722200
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 29
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 563.5385
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET