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NNT North Fork Holston (UVAVTSSS_WQX-TIME 98-024) 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 "NNT North Fork Holston" and has the identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-TIME 98-024. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010101.

This site is located in Washington County County, Virginia at 36.7664300000 degrees latitude and -82.1684600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1520 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 98-024" 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 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2013
Not Assigned 2012 - 2013
Nutrient 2011 - 2013
Organics, Other 2011 - 2013
Physical 2011 - 2014
*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 98-024
MonitoringLocationName NNT North Fork Holston
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 04/23/2012 Small second order stream draining steep slope of Clinch Mountain, above and adjacent area used as pasture. Bank-to-bank width: about 2 meters; Bank height: about 0.5 meters; Midstream depth: about 10 centimeters. Vegetation adjacent station: mixed forest on eastern side; mixed forest/pasture on western side. Watershed land use: primarily forest. Disturbance adjacent or upstream of station: some pasture area adjacent site on one side. Pasture and heavy equipment downstream from site. Tag number: 600; 6 inch diameter pressure-treated fence post 10 yards downstream of sampling location on left bank (looking upstream).
HUCEightDigitCode 06010101
LatitudeMeasure 36.7664300000
LongitudeMeasure -82.1684600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1520
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 191
ProviderName STORET