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Papermill Creek Tributary Nr. William & Mary (11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_VIM_SWPM1B) 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 "Papermill Creek Tributary Nr. William & Mary" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_VIM_SWPM1B. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080206.

This site is located in Williamsburg City County, Virginia at 37.2624167000 degrees latitude and -76.7038333000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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_VIM_SWPM1B" 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*
Nutrient 1994 - 1994
Physical 1994 - 1994
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_VIM_SWPM1B
MonitoringLocationName Papermill Creek Tributary Nr. William & Mary
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located on a tributary of Papermill Creek that drains the College of William & Mary Residence Area. This station is located on the Williamsburg VA 7.5' U.S.G.S. quadrangle. The data were collected as part of a project entitled: Determination of Ground Water Quality in Colonial National Historical Park Virginia at Locations Proximal to Urban and Agricultural Land Uses. The data were collected and analyzed by Dr. William MacIntrye of the VA Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Gloucester Pt. VA 23062 (tel. 8046427253). The contact at Colonial National Historical Park is Chuck Rafkind Natural Resource Manager P.O. Box 210 Yorktown VA 23690 (tel. 7578988677). The data were processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker NPS Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Dr. Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525 (tel. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 02080206
LatitudeMeasure 37.2624167000
LongitudeMeasure -76.7038333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 830
ProviderName STORET