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Bridges Creek at Mouth near Wakefield, VA (11NPSWRD_WQX-GEWA_L1_BC) 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 "Bridges Creek at Mouth near Wakefield, VA" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GEWA_L1_BC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070011.

This site is located in Westmoreland County County, Virginia at 38.2015193000 degrees latitude and -76.9333038000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1 ft No vertical 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-GEWA_L1_BC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1998 - 1999
*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-GEWA_L1_BC
MonitoringLocationName Bridges Creek at Mouth near Wakefield, VA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is in GEWA. Stream width is typically less than 20 feet. Surrounding area includes beach at mouth to Potomac River, lightly wooded banks, and upstream swamp land. Access is via GEWA tour road, approximately 1.25 miles NNW of park entrance. Station is less than 50 feet above Potomac River and is influenced by tides.
HUCEightDigitCode 02070011
LatitudeMeasure 38.2015193000
LongitudeMeasure -76.9333038000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 193
ProviderName STORET