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Piney River (upper) (11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_PINE) 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 "Piney River (upper)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_PINE. 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 38.7017600000 degrees latitude and -78.2677600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1180 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_PINE" 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 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2023
Not Assigned 1997 - 2023
Nutrient 1992 - 2023
Organics, Other 1993 - 2023
Physical 1992 - 2023
*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_PINE
MonitoringLocationName Piney River (upper)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Piney River at UVA gage Station is located at UVA instrument shed and gage Access is through private property. Be respectful of private property and stay on road on hike to Park boundary. If you encounter the landowner, identify yourself and your reason for being there. If you don't have a key, park off the side of the road and do not block gate or driveways.
HUCEightDigitCode 02080103
LatitudeMeasure 38.7017600000
LongitudeMeasure -78.2677600000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1180
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 157
ProviderName STORET