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Plum Orchard Lake At Site E (WVDEP_WQX-8898) 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 E" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8898. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050006. This site has a drainage area of 634.9517 ac.

This site is located in Fayette County County, West Virginia at 37.9469166700 degrees latitude and -81.2273388900 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1732.1217 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-8898" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2008 - 2008
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX-8898
MonitoringLocationName Plum Orchard Lake At Site E
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site E-At boat ramp on no-motor fork to the right looking up the lake; On the Oak Hill USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 634.9517
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.9469166700
LongitudeMeasure -81.2273388900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1732.1217
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET