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UNT/Deckers Creek RM 18.48 At MP 0.6 (WVDEP_WQX-13745) 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 "UNT/Deckers Creek RM 18.48 At MP 0.6" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-13745. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020003. This site has a drainage area of 794.7354 ac.

This site is located in Preston County County, West Virginia at 39.4938888900 degrees latitude and -79.7972777800 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 15 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1728.383 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-13745" 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

What other information is available for this location?

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-13745
MonitoringLocationName UNT/Deckers Creek RM 18.48 At MP 0.6
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Downstream Fairfax Pond South of Reedsville; On the Newburg USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05020003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 794.7354
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.4938888900
LongitudeMeasure -79.7972777800
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 15
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1728.383
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET