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Birch Cr. @ rte 662-Birch-Elmo Rd. (21VASWCB-4ABIR005.34) 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 "Birch Cr. @ rte 662-Birch-Elmo Rd." and has the identifier 21VASWCB-4ABIR005.34. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010104.

This site is located in Halifax County County, Virginia at 36.6928000000 degrees latitude and -79.1261000000 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-4ABIR005.34" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2002 - 2003
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21VASWCB
OrganizationFormalName VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21VASWCB-4ABIR005.34
MonitoringLocationName Birch Cr. @ rte 662-Birch-Elmo Rd.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 2004 Pre-TMDL for Birch Creek; special study #025113
HUCEightDigitCode 03010104
LatitudeMeasure 36.6928000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.1261000000
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 083
ProviderName STORET