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LOWER SOUTH BRANCH LUNGA RES NR GARRISONVILLE, VA (USGS-01660480) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-VA), has the name "LOWER SOUTH BRANCH LUNGA RES NR GARRISONVILLE, VA" and has the identifier USGS-01660480. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070011. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 3.15 sq mi.

This site is located in Stafford County County, Virginia at 38.52616667000000 degrees latitude and -77.4687777800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01660480" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2004 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2004 - 2005
Information 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Microbiological 2004 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2005
Organics, Other 2004 - 2005
Physical 2004 - 2005
*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-01660480
MonitoringLocationName LOWER SOUTH BRANCH LUNGA RES NR GARRISONVILLE, VA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 02070011
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 3.15
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 38.52616667000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.4687777800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 179
ProviderName NWIS