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Dog Fork At MP 0.1 (WVDEP_WQX-8535) 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 "Dog Fork At MP 0.1" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8535. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050008. This site has a drainage area of 3253.4394 ac.

This site is located in Jackson County County, West Virginia at 38.6102222200 degrees latitude and -81.6557500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 17 ft. This site is at an elevation of 648.2171 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-8535" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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

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 2007 - 2008
Information 2007 - 2008
Organics, Other 2007 - 2008
Physical 2007 - 2008
Physical, Habitat 2007 - 2008
Sediment 2007 - 2008
*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-8535
MonitoringLocationName Dog Fork At MP 0.1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near mouth in Goldtown; On the Sissonville USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050008
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 3253.4394
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.6102222200
LongitudeMeasure -81.6557500000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 17
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 648.2171
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET