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Mine Discharge to Deckers Creek at Brookhaven, W.Va. (211WVOWR-M-008-0019) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This mine/mine discharge site, maintained by the WV Div of Environmental Protection, Office of Water Resource (identifier 211WVOWR), has the name "Mine Discharge to Deckers Creek at Brookhaven, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-M-008-0019. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020003.

This site is located in Monongalia County County, West Virginia at 39.6077778 degrees latitude and -79.9015278 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "211WVOWR-M-008-0019" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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-M-008-0019
MonitoringLocationName Mine Discharge to Deckers Creek at Brookhaven, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Mine/Mine Discharge
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Abandoned Mine Discharge of Deckers Creek at Community of Brookhaven, Monongalia County, West Virginia¶<** Morgantown - South WV Topographic Map **>
HUCEightDigitCode 05020003
LatitudeMeasure 39.6077778
LongitudeMeasure -79.9015278
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET