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Lykins Creek at East Kingston, W.Va. (211WVOWR-K-065-0024) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the WV Div of Environmental Protection, Office of Water Resource (identifier 211WVOWR), has the name "Lykins Creek at East Kingston, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-K-065-0024. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050006.

This site is located in Fayette County County, West Virginia at 37.9905556 degrees latitude and -81.2902778 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "211WVOWR-K-065-0024" 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, Non-metals 1996 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1996 - 1996
Microbiological 1996 - 1996
Physical 1996 - 1996
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 211WVOWR
OrganizationFormalName WV Div of Environmental Protection, Office of Water Resource
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 211WVOWR-K-065-0024
MonitoringLocationName Lykins Creek at East Kingston, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lykins Creek at East Kingston, W.Va.
HUCEightDigitCode 05050006
LatitudeMeasure 37.9905556
LongitudeMeasure -81.2902778
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET