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Millers Run (UVAVTSSS_WQX-MD 005) 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 University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Department (identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX), has the name "Millers Run" and has the identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-MD 005. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020006.

This site is located in Garrett County County, Maryland at 39.4543000000 degrees latitude and -79.4059900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2360 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 "UVAVTSSS_WQX-MD 005" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2012 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2015
Not Assigned 2012 - 2015
Nutrient 2012 - 2015
Organics, Other 2012 - 2015
Physical 2012 - 2015
*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 UVAVTSSS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Department
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-MD 005
MonitoringLocationName Millers Run
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 05/28/2012 Sampling site is located in forest area in Mount Nebo State Wildlife Management Area. Bank-to-bank width: 3 meters; Bank height: 2 meter; Midstream depth (at site): about 25 cm. Vegetation adjacent site: maple, cherry, oak, fern Watershed land use: forest and wetlands, roads and some residential use Upstream disturbance: roads and residential use Tag number: 458. Tag tree description: 30 cm DBH maple on right bank, looking upstream. Note: In 2013, tag tree was uprooted and fallen down, but tag was still attached.
HUCEightDigitCode 05020006
LatitudeMeasure 39.4543000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.4059900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2360
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET