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South Fork of Thornton River (11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_RA10) 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 "South Fork of Thornton River" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SHEN_RA10. 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 38.6538400000 degrees latitude and -78.2732900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1020 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_RA10" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2021
Not Assigned 2021 - 2021
Nutrient 2000 - 2021
Physical 2000 - 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_RA10
MonitoringLocationName South Fork of Thornton River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText South Fork Thornton River Tag #: 222 Tag tree: Twin trunk sycamore on left bank, looking downstream. Poison ivy on tree. 2021 TU collectors found the distinctive tag tree, but did not see tag. Site is less then 50 yards off Route 211. Use caution when parking and walking to this site because of traffic.
HUCEightDigitCode 02080103
LatitudeMeasure 38.6538400000
LongitudeMeasure -78.2732900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1020
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 157
ProviderName STORET