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Right Fork/Little Kanawha River At MP 8.1 (WVDEP_WQX-7665) 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 "Right Fork/Little Kanawha River At MP 8.1" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-7665. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05030203. This site has a drainage area of 7651.2851 ac.

This site is located in Upshur County County, West Virginia at 38.7324722200 degrees latitude and -80.3665000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 9 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1335.8867 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-7665" 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 2019 - 2019
Information 2019 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2020 - 2020
Microbiological 2020 - 2020
Organics, Other 2019 - 2020
Physical 2019 - 2021
Physical, Habitat 2019 - 2019
Sediment 2019 - 2019
*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-7665
MonitoringLocationName Right Fork/Little Kanawha River At MP 8.1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Left Fork/Right Fork/Little Kanawha River East of Cleveland; On the Goshen USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05030203
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 7651.2851
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.7324722200
LongitudeMeasure -80.3665000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 9
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1335.8867
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 097
ProviderName STORET