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Sleepy Creek At MP 26.2 (WVDEP_WQX-5655) 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 "Sleepy Creek At MP 26.2" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-5655. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070004. This site has a drainage area of 26521.4785 ac.

This site is located in Morgan County County, West Virginia at 39.5211555600 degrees latitude and -78.2339194400 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 645.566 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-5655" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Information 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2017 - 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-5655
MonitoringLocationName Sleepy Creek At MP 26.2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Between UNTs/Sleepy Creek RMs 25.50 & 27.01 West of Stotlers Crossroads; On the Stotlers Crossroads USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070004
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 26521.4785
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.5211555600
LongitudeMeasure -78.2339194400
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 19
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 645.566
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 065
ProviderName STORET