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Grassy Creek At MP 0 (WVDEP_WQX-18228) 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 "Grassy Creek At MP 0" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-18228. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050007. This site has a drainage area of 12551.7998 ac.

This site is located in Webster County County, West Virginia at 38.5641944400 degrees latitude and -80.4462222200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1281.1683 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-18228" 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*
Information 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2022 - 2023
Microbiological 2022 - 2023
Nutrient 2022 - 2023
Organics, Other 2022 - 2023
Physical 2022 - 2023
*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-18228
MonitoringLocationName Grassy Creek At MP 0
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At mouth off State Route 20 just West of the junction with State Route 15 in Diana; On the Diana USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050007
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 12551.7998
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.5641944400
LongitudeMeasure -80.4462222200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1281.1683
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET