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Tanyard Branch At MP 1.2 (WVDEP_WQX-16902) 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 "Tanyard Branch At MP 1.2" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-16902. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05070102. This site has a drainage area of 91.5508 ac.

This site is located in Cabell County County, West Virginia at 38.4001111100 degrees latitude and -82.2933055600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Unknown" and the accuracy is 12 ft. This site is at an elevation of 607.1982 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-16902" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2019 - 2019
Physical 2019 - 2019
*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-16902
MonitoringLocationName Tanyard Branch At MP 1.2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream Barboursville Middle School & Greenwood Way crossing in Barboursville; On the Barboursville USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05070102
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 91.5508
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.4001111100
LongitudeMeasure -82.2933055600
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 607.1982
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 011
ProviderName STORET