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Fairview Beach #3 (21VABCH-VA870420) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-ocean site, maintained by the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (identifier 21VABCH), has the name "Fairview Beach #3" and has the identifier 21VABCH-VA870420. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 02070011. You can learn more about what is happening in this HUC at the EPA's Surf Your Watershed site or at the USGS Science In Your Watershed site.

This site is located in King George County County, Virginia at 38.3309700000 degrees latitude and -77.2437620000 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 "21VABCH-VA870420" 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 National Linked Data Index, part of the Open Water Data Initiative.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2004 - 2004
*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 21VABCH
OrganizationFormalName VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21VABCH-VA870420
MonitoringLocationName Fairview Beach #3
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Ocean
HUCEightDigitCode 02070011
LatitudeMeasure 38.3309700000
LongitudeMeasure -77.2437620000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Precise Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET