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Plum Orchard Lake At Site C (WVDEP_WQX-8215) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "Plum Orchard Lake At Site C" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8215. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050006. This site has a drainage area of 868.0722 ac.

This site is located in Fayette County County, West Virginia at 37.9415027800 degrees latitude and -81.2099972200 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 1731.9538 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-8215" 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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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2011 - 2016
Physical 2011 - 2016
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2016
Sediment 2011 - 2016
*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-8215
MonitoringLocationName Plum Orchard Lake At Site C
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site C-Near lake head (riverine-end) upstream Beech Bottom Branch out from access point after boat ramp (in the middle before shallow enough for algae to grow) in Plum Orchard Hunting & Fishing Area (Near RM 3.03 of Plum Orchard Creek); On the Oak Hill USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 868.0722
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.9415027800
LongitudeMeasure -81.2099972200
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 19
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1731.9538
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET