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Lunice Creek At MP 0.45 (WVDEP_WQX-8754) 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 "Lunice Creek At MP 0.45" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8754. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070001. This site has a drainage area of 56637.7617 ac.

This site is located in Grant County County, West Virginia at 38.9941388900 degrees latitude and -79.1118333300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 18 ft. This site is at an elevation of 908.8334 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-8754" 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*
Information 2007 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Microbiological 2021 - 2022
Nutrient 2021 - 2022
Organics, Other 2021 - 2022
Physical 2007 - 2022
Physical, Habitat 2007 - 2018
Sediment 2007 - 2018
*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-8754
MonitoringLocationName Lunice Creek At MP 0.45
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near mouth upstream WWTP at U.S. Route 220/State Route 28 bridge in Petersburg; On the Petersburg East USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 56637.7617
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.9941388900
LongitudeMeasure -79.1118333300
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 18
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 908.8334
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET