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Elk Creek At MP 23.9 (WVDEP_WQX-15056) 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 "Elk Creek At MP 23.9" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-15056. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020002. This site has a drainage area of 12952.5908 ac.

This site is located in Barbour County County, West Virginia at 39.1554166700 degrees latitude and -80.1438333300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1042.7974 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-15056" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2016 - 2016
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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-15056
MonitoringLocationName Elk Creek At MP 23.9
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Isaacs Run NW of Elk City; On the Brownton USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05020002
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 12952.5908
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.1554166700
LongitudeMeasure -80.1438333300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1042.7974
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET