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North Fork Stony (UVAVTSSS_WQX-TIME 98-018) 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 "North Fork Stony" and has the identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-TIME 98-018. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050002.

This site is located in Giles County County, Virginia at 37.4600800000 degrees latitude and -80.5422400000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2950 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-TIME 98-018" 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 2011 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2015
Not Assigned 2012 - 2015
Nutrient 2011 - 2015
Organics, Other 2011 - 2015
Physical 2011 - 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-TIME 98-018
MonitoringLocationName North Fork Stony
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 04/24/2012 Station is just upstream of State Route 613 where it crosses the stream. Bank-bank width: 5 meters; Bank height: 0.5 meters; Midstream depth: 15 centimeters Vegetation adjacent station: rhododendron/forest Watershed land use: forest Disturbance adjacent or upstream of station: none observed Tag number: 598; double 12 inch hemlock on left bank (looking downstream) about 25 yds above road.
HUCEightDigitCode 05050002
LatitudeMeasure 37.4600800000
LongitudeMeasure -80.5422400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2950
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET