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Laurel Prong (11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_MA13) 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 "Laurel Prong" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_MA13. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080103.

This site is located in Madison County County, Virginia at 38.4901000000 degrees latitude and -78.4201670000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2530 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-SHEN_MA13" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1987 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1987 - 2021
Not Assigned 2021 - 2021
Nutrient 1987 - 2021
Physical 1987 - 2021
*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_MA13
MonitoringLocationName Laurel Prong
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Laurel Prong fork of Rapidan River above Camp Hoover This is one of two tributaries of the Rapidan River above Camp Hoover in Shenandoah National Park. Camp Hoover is located between the two tributaries just above where they converge to form the Rapidan River. Mill Prong (MA12) is the northern tributary. Laurel Prong (MA13) is the southern tributary. Sample site is just upstream of Prime Minister's cabin (see photo). Possibly no tag currently at this site - old tags were: 24091, 612. (Do not sample small intermittent tributary to Laurel Prong with tag # 711)
HUCEightDigitCode 02080103
LatitudeMeasure 38.4901000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.4201670000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2530
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 113
ProviderName STORET