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Stayley Spring, Town of Rural Retreat (21VASWCB-198-00206) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (identifier 21VASWCB), has the name "Stayley Spring, Town of Rural Retreat" and has the identifier 21VASWCB-198-00206. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050001.

This site is located in Wythe County County, Virginia at 36.9092000000 degrees latitude and -81.2744000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential" and the accuracy is 100 ft. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 2480 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-198-00206" 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, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Not Assigned 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
Radiochemical 2014 - 2014
Stable Isotopes 2014 - 2014
*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-198-00206
MonitoringLocationName Stayley Spring, Town of Rural Retreat
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Unused spring supply for town of Rural Retreat. PPDGPS 36d 54' 33.21341"N / 81d 16' 27.79322"W. Sample collected at concrete spring vault outfall into v-notch wier.
HUCEightDigitCode 05050001
LatitudeMeasure 36.9092000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.2744000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2480
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 197
ProviderName STORET