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Blackwater River Near Rocky Mount, Va (21VASWCB-02056900) 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 "Blackwater River Near Rocky Mount, Va" and has the identifier 21VASWCB-02056900. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010101.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Virginia at 37.0450000000 degrees latitude and -79.8444000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 100 ft. The source map scale is 1:24000. 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 "21VASWCB-02056900" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21VASWCB
OrganizationFormalName VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21VASWCB-02056900
MonitoringLocationName Blackwater River Near Rocky Mount, Va
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Collocated with WQM station 4ABWR032.32; Daily flow (cfs) Near Rt. 122 bridge. Active - 30Sep99.
HUCEightDigitCode 03010101
LatitudeMeasure 37.0450000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.8444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET