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Beach at Toms Cove South (11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_TCS) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This ocean site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Beach at Toms Cove South" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_TCS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040303.

This site is located in Accomack County County, Virginia at 37.8855000000 degrees latitude and -75.3428250000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_TCS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Microbiological 1990 - 2007
Organics, Other 1992 - 2007
Physical 1990 - 2007
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_TCS
MonitoringLocationName Beach at Toms Cove South
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located at the Toms Cove District in Virginia, south of the lifeguard stand and in front of the southern boundary of the guarded beach area. Lifeguarded beach. This station is an approximation of several similar stations that were in the general location from 1990present. This station was moved year to year to reflect the most populated areas of the beach. From 19901992 the station was called North ORV Boundary and was near the entrance to the ORV zone. From 19931998 it was referred to as Bathhouse and was in front of bathhouse 2. From 19992001 it was referred to as Bathhouse Lot.
HUCEightDigitCode 02040303
LatitudeMeasure 37.8855000000
LongitudeMeasure -75.3428250000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET