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Laurel Fork/Laurel Creek At MP 2.1 (WVDEP_WQX-8637) 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 "Laurel Fork/Laurel Creek At MP 2.1" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8637. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050007. This site has a drainage area of 541.2391 ac.
This site is located in Clay County County, West Virginia at 38.4871666700 degrees latitude and -81.1257500000 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 907.8596 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Biological, Fish | 2007 - 2008 |
Information | 2007 - 2008 |
Organics, Other | 2007 - 2008 |
Physical | 2007 - 2008 |
Physical, Habitat | 2007 - 2008 |
Sediment | 2007 - 2008 |
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Location Metadata | Value |
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OrganizationIdentifier | WVDEP_WQX |
OrganizationFormalName | West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch |
MonitoringLocationIdentifier | WVDEP_WQX-8637 |
MonitoringLocationName | Laurel Fork/Laurel Creek At MP 2.1 |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | River/Stream |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | Upstream UNT/Laurel Fork RM 2.07 West of Maysel; On the Elkhurst USGS 24k topo quadrangle |
HUCEightDigitCode | 05050007 |
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue | 541.2391 |
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode | ac |
LatitudeMeasure | 38.4871666700 |
LongitudeMeasure | -81.1257500000 |
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue | 19 |
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode | ft |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | GPS-Unspecified |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD83 |
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue | 907.8596 |
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode | ft |
VerticalCollectionMethodName | Digital Elevation Model |
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | OTHER |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 54 |
CountyCode | 015 |
ProviderName | STORET |