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Poor Creek at Petersburg Park Tour Road (11NPSWRD_WQX-PETE_NPS_PM) 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 "Poor Creek at Petersburg Park Tour Road" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PETE_NPS_PM. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080207.

This site is located in Petersburg City County, Virginia at 37.2155278000 degrees latitude and -77.3747500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 85 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-PETE_NPS_PM" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1996 - 1996
Physical 1996 - 1996
*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-PETE_NPS_PM
MonitoringLocationName Poor Creek at Petersburg Park Tour Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Poor Creek just north of Hickory Hill Road just inside the Petersburg N.B. boundary at the Petersburg Park Tour Road just upstream of intermittent tributary. Water quality station is located on the eastern edge of the Prince George VA 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle. Station is the responsibility of Petersburg National Battlefield Division of Resource Management Dave Shockley (8047320171) at P.O. Box 549 Route 36 East Petersburg VA 23804. Water quality has been monitored at this station since the late 1980s; however no data were deemed of sufficient quality to upload until 1996. Data processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker NPS Water Resources Division 1201 Oak Ridge Dr. Suite 250 Fort Collins CO 80525 Phone: (970)2253516 Fax: (970)2259965.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 02080207
LatitudeMeasure 37.2155278000
LongitudeMeasure -77.3747500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 85
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 730
ProviderName STORET