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Unknown location in Piney River watershed (11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_M008) 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 "Unknown location in Piney River watershed" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_M008. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080103.

This site is located in Rappahannock County County, Virginia at 38.7311900000 degrees latitude and -78.2925000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Other" and the accuracy is 1.5 Min.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_M008" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1992 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 1993
Nutrient 1992 - 1993
Physical 1992 - 1993
*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-SHEN_M008
MonitoringLocationName Unknown location in Piney River watershed
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Tag #: 1L500 Coordinates were determined for the purpose of placing the Station in the watershed, but should not be considered the sample location.
HUCEightDigitCode 02080103
LatitudeMeasure 38.7311900000
LongitudeMeasure -78.2925000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Min
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 157
ProviderName STORET