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Howard Creek At MP 11.6 (WVDEP_WQX-8889) 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 "Howard Creek At MP 11.6" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8889. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050003. This site has a drainage area of 8472.9013 ac.

This site is located in Greenbrier County County, West Virginia at 37.8283611100 degrees latitude and -80.2651388900 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 1984.3207 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-8889" 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

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 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
Physical, Habitat 2008 - 2008
Sediment 2008 - 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-8889
MonitoringLocationName Howard Creek At MP 11.6
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Downstream UNT/Howard Creek RM 11.72 Northeast of White Sulphur Springs; On the White Sulphur Springs USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 8472.9013
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.8283611100
LongitudeMeasure -80.2651388900
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 17
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1984.3207
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET