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Piney Creek At MP 16.9 (WVDEP_WQX-6242) 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 "Piney Creek At MP 16.9" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-6242. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050004. This site has a drainage area of 26770.2714 ac.

This site is located in Raleigh County County, West Virginia at 37.7430944400 degrees latitude and -81.1891416700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2189.1325 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-6242" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 1999
Microbiological 2020 - 2021
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 2021
*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-6242
MonitoringLocationName Piney Creek At MP 16.9
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Downstream UNT/Piney Creek Rm 16.96 & Crab Orchard/MacArther PSD outfall at railroad bridge East of Crab Orchard; On the Crab Orchard USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050004
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 26770.2714
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.7430944400
LongitudeMeasure -81.1891416700
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2189.1325
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET