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KANAWHA R AT PATRICK ST BRIDGE, CHARLESTON, WV (USGS-382157081400801) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS West Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WV), has the name "KANAWHA R AT PATRICK ST BRIDGE, CHARLESTON, WV" and has the identifier USGS-382157081400801. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050008. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 10422 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 10422 sq mi.

This site is located in Kanawha County County, West Virginia at 38.36587778000000 degrees latitude and -81.6687638900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 568 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 1.6 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2015 - 2015
Organics, Other 2015 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2015 - 2015
Stable Isotopes 2015 - 2015
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WV
OrganizationFormalName USGS West Virginia Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-382157081400801
MonitoringLocationName KANAWHA R AT PATRICK ST BRIDGE, CHARLESTON, WV
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05050008
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 10422
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 10422
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 38.36587778000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.6687638900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 568
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.6
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 039
ProviderName NWIS