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Buffalo Creek east of Rachel, W.Va. (211WVOWR-M-023-0004) 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 "Buffalo Creek east of Rachel, W.Va." and has the identifier 211WVOWR-M-023-0004. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020003.

This site is located in Marion County County, West Virginia at 39.5103611 degrees latitude and -80.2895278 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-023-0004" 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

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 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 1999
Microbiological 1999 - 1999
Nutrient 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-023-0004
MonitoringLocationName Buffalo Creek east of Rachel, W.Va.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Buffalo Creek just East of Community of Rachel, Marion County, West Virginia.¶<** Mannington WV Topographic Map **>
HUCEightDigitCode 05020003
LatitudeMeasure 39.5103611
LongitudeMeasure -80.2895278
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET