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Back Fork/Elk River At MP 3.8 (WVDEP_WQX-9926) 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 "Back Fork/Elk River At MP 3.8" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-9926. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050007. This site has a drainage area of 41352.7617 ac.

This site is located in Webster County County, West Virginia at 38.4936111100 degrees latitude and -80.3718055600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 12 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1579.5157 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-9926" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2009 - 2017
Physical 2009 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2009 - 2017
Sediment 2009 - 2017
*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-9926
MonitoringLocationName Back Fork/Elk River At MP 3.8
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Drybed Run Northeast of Webster Springs; On the Bergoo USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050007
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 41352.7617
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.4936111100
LongitudeMeasure -80.3718055600
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1579.5157
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET