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SMITH CREEK AT ROUTE 798 NEAR TENTH LEGION, VA (USGS-01632860) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-VA), has the name "SMITH CREEK AT ROUTE 798 NEAR TENTH LEGION, VA" and has the identifier USGS-01632860. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 49.1 sq mi.

This site is located in Rockingham County County, Virginia at 38.56928749000000 degrees latitude and -78.7189094800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2011 - 2018
Nutrient 2011 - 2018
Physical 2011 - 2018
Stable Isotopes 2011 - 2012
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-VA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Virginia Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01632860
MonitoringLocationName SMITH CREEK AT ROUTE 798 NEAR TENTH LEGION, VA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02070006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 49.1
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 38.56928749000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.7189094800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 165
ProviderName NWIS