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Cold Comfort Creek, Firestone Tract (PATCMON-COLD_COMFORT01) 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 Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Monitoring - VA,MD (identifier PATCMON), has the name "Cold Comfort Creek, Firestone Tract" and has the identifier PATCMON-COLD_COMFORT01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070005.

This site is located in Rockingham County County, Virginia at 38.3456388 degrees latitude and -78.6052222 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. 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 "PATCMON-COLD_COMFORT01" 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*
Nutrient 2005 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2005
*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 PATCMON
OrganizationFormalName Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Monitoring - VA,MD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PATCMON-COLD_COMFORT01
MonitoringLocationName Cold Comfort Creek, Firestone Tract
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Wadeable stream near Beldor, VA, draining the western slope of the Blue Ridge
HUCEightDigitCode 02070005
LatitudeMeasure 38.3456388
LongitudeMeasure -78.6052222
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 165
ProviderName STORET