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Leading Creek At MP 0.4 (WVDEP_WQX-3768) 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 "Leading Creek At MP 0.4" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-3768. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020001. This site has a drainage area of 38378.1992 ac.

This site is located in Randolph County County, West Virginia at 38.9363555600 degrees latitude and -79.8779333300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 38 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1896.9736 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-3768" 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 2012 - 2013
Information 2012 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2020 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2021
Nutrient 2020 - 2021
Organics, Other 2012 - 2013
Physical 2012 - 2021
Physical, Habitat 2012 - 2013
Sediment 2012 - 2013
*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-3768
MonitoringLocationName Leading Creek At MP 0.4
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near mouth downstream U.S. Routes 33/250 in Crystal Springs; On the Junior USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05020001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 38378.1992
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.9363555600
LongitudeMeasure -79.8779333300
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 38
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1896.9736
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET