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Yorktown Battlefield Site 8 (11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_GMC1_YB08) 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 National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Yorktown Battlefield Site 8" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_GMC1_YB08. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080206.

This site is located in York County County, Virginia at 37.2066543300 degrees latitude and -76.5183657600 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-COLO_GMC1_YB08" 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*
Physical 1997 - 1997
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_GMC1_YB08
MonitoringLocationName Yorktown Battlefield Site 8
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is at Yorktown Battlefield Site 8. This site is an unnamed tributary of Beaverdam Creek beginning near Surrender Field. The tributary is located approximately 500 meters north of the yellow tour road and flows from the east. Sample location was 10 meters above its mouth.
HUCEightDigitCode 02080206
LatitudeMeasure 37.2066543300
LongitudeMeasure -76.5183657600
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 199
ProviderName STORET