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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE >  FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Red Creek

Red Creek (FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Red Creek) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the The Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute (Volunteer) (identifier FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE), has the name "Red Creek" and has the identifier FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Red Creek. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 05020004. 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 Tucker County County, West Virginia at 39.0062670000 degrees latitude and -79.5011850000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Red Creek" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1991 - 2018
Microbiological 1990 - 2018
Nutrient 1990 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 2018
Physical 1990 - 2018
*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 FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE
OrganizationFormalName The Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier FRESHWATER_INSTITUTE-Sacharuna Springs- Red Creek
MonitoringLocationName Red Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 05020004
LatitudeMeasure 39.0062670000
LongitudeMeasure -79.5011850000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 093
ProviderName STORET