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Leatherwood Creek (UVAVTSSS_WQX-WV 792) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Department (identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX), has the name "Leatherwood Creek" and has the identifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-WV 792. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050007.

This site is located in Randolph County County, West Virginia at 38.4388100000 degrees latitude and -80.1750900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3600 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-WV 792" 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

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier UVAVTSSS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName University of Virginia Environmental Sciences Department
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UVAVTSSS_WQX-WV 792
MonitoringLocationName Leatherwood Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 05/03/12 Site is located in headwaters below old strip mine benches. Bank to bank width: about 5 m; Bank height: about 1-2 m; Midstream depth: about 30 cm Vegetation adjacent site: hemlock, rhododendron, red spruce, birch, cherry Watershed landuse: forest Disturbance adjacent or upstream of site: old strip mine benches around upper part of watershed Tag number: 484 tag tree: 50 cm DBH) on left bank (looking upstream)
HUCEightDigitCode 05050007
LatitudeMeasure 38.4388100000
LongitudeMeasure -80.1750900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3600
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET