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Laurel Fork/Dry Fork At MP 20.3 (WVDEP_WQX-11913) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "Laurel Fork/Dry Fork At MP 20.3" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-11913. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020004. This site has a drainage area of 21782.4687 ac.

This site is located in Randolph County County, West Virginia at 38.8299722200 degrees latitude and -79.6257222200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 20 ft. This site is at an elevation of 2852.3353 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 "WVDEP_WQX-11913" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2011 - 2011
Physical 2011 - 2011
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2011
Sediment 2011 - 2011
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX-11913
MonitoringLocationName Laurel Fork/Dry Fork At MP 20.3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Beaverdam Run South of Wymer; On the Glady USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05020004
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 21782.4687
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.8299722200
LongitudeMeasure -79.6257222200
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2852.3353
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET