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Hughes River Site 1 (WVDEP_WIB_WQX-HUGHRI001) 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 West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Improvement Branch (identifier WVDEP_WIB_WQX), has the name "Hughes River Site 1" and has the identifier WVDEP_WIB_WQX-HUGHRI001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05030203.

This site is located in Ritchie County County, West Virginia at 39.1330000000 degrees latitude and -81.2921110000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "WVDEP_WIB_WQX-HUGHRI001" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2014 - 2016
*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 WVDEP_WIB_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Improvement Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WIB_WQX-HUGHRI001
MonitoringLocationName Hughes River Site 1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05030203
LatitudeMeasure 39.1330000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.2921110000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET