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North Fork/Hughes River At MP 43.8 (WVDEP_WQX-13608) 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 "North Fork/Hughes River At MP 43.8" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-13608. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05030203. This site has a drainage area of 15241.8437 ac.

This site is located in Ritchie County County, West Virginia at 39.2737500000 degrees latitude and -80.9306388900 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 19 ft. This site is at an elevation of 776.7361 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-13608" 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*
Biological, Fish 2014 - 2015
Information 2014 - 2015
Organics, Other 2014 - 2015
Physical 2014 - 2015
Physical, Habitat 2014 - 2015
Sediment 2014 - 2015
*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-13608
MonitoringLocationName North Fork/Hughes River At MP 43.8
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Downstream UNT/North Fork RM 43.83 East of Pennsboro; On the Pennsboro USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05030203
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 15241.8437
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.2737500000
LongitudeMeasure -80.9306388900
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 19
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 776.7361
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET