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Shenandoah River At MP 8 (WVDEP_WQX-15567) 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 "Shenandoah River At MP 8" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-15567. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070007. This site has a drainage area of 1938541.1654 ac.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, West Virginia at 39.2591666700 degrees latitude and -77.8038333300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 329.1436 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-15567" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2009 - 2009
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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-15567
MonitoringLocationName Shenandoah River At MP 8
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Millville dam between Forge Run & Evitts Run Southwest of Millville; On the Charles Town USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070007
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1938541.1654
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.2591666700
LongitudeMeasure -77.8038333300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 329.1436
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET