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TINKER CREEK ABOVE GLADE CREEK (21VASWCB-0205551614) 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 VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (identifier 21VASWCB), has the name "TINKER CREEK ABOVE GLADE CREEK" and has the identifier 21VASWCB-0205551614. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010101.

This site is located in Roanoke County County, Virginia at 37.2776000000 degrees latitude and -79.9090000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Address Matching-House Number" and the accuracy is 100 m. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1 m 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 "21VASWCB-0205551614" 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*
Physical 2022 - 2022
*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 21VASWCB
OrganizationFormalName VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21VASWCB-0205551614
MonitoringLocationName TINKER CREEK ABOVE GLADE CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText USGS Station.
HUCEightDigitCode 03010101
LatitudeMeasure 37.2776000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.9090000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Address Matching-House Number
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 161
ProviderName STORET