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East Fork/Twelvepole Creek At MP 48.7 (WVDEP_WQX-14873) 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 "East Fork/Twelvepole Creek At MP 48.7" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-14873. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05090102. This site has a drainage area of 757.9869 ac.

This site is located in Mingo County County, West Virginia at 37.8908611100 degrees latitude and -82.1416666700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 11 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1022.302 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-14873" 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 2016 - 2017
Information 2016 - 2017
Organics, Other 2016 - 2017
Physical 2016 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2016 - 2017
Sediment 2016 - 2017
*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-14873
MonitoringLocationName East Fork/Twelvepole Creek At MP 48.7
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream UNT/East Fork RM 48.61 East of Trace; On the Trace USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05090102
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 757.9869
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.8908611100
LongitudeMeasure -82.1416666700
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 11
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1022.302
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET