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UNT/South Branch Potomac River RM 21.86 At MP 0.2 (WVDEP_WQX-5973) 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 "UNT/South Branch Potomac River RM 21.86 At MP 0.2" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-5973. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070001. This site has a drainage area of 2582.0795 ac.

This site is located in Hampshire County County, West Virginia at 39.4148750000 degrees latitude and -78.6967694400 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 633.4624 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-5973" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2007 - 2007
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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-5973
MonitoringLocationName UNT/South Branch Potomac River RM 21.86 At MP 0.2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Between mouth & UNT/UNT RM 0.30/South Branch RM 21.86 Northeast of Romney; On the Springfield USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 2582.0795
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.4148750000
LongitudeMeasure -78.6967694400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 633.4624
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET