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Thorny Bottom At MP 5.5 (WVDEP_WQX-17731) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

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 "Thorny Bottom At MP 5.5" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-17731. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070003. This site has a drainage area of 2585.5021 ac.

This site is located in Hardy County County, West Virginia at 38.9776694400 degrees latitude and -78.7324277800 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 1670.6004 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-17731" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Microbiological 2021 - 2022
Nutrient 2021 - 2022
Physical 2021 - 2022
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX-17731
MonitoringLocationName Thorny Bottom At MP 5.5
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream UNT/Thorny Bottom RM 5.25 at High Meadow Road crossing Northeast of town of Lost River; On the Wolf Gap USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 2585.5021
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.9776694400
LongitudeMeasure -78.7324277800
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 15
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1670.6004
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET