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Groundhog Branch At MP 0.7 (WVDEP_WQX-18374) 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 "Groundhog Branch At MP 0.7" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-18374. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05070201. This site has a drainage area of 663.2335 ac.

This site is located in Mcdowell County County, West Virginia at 37.3368611100 degrees latitude and -81.8242500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 12 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1504.0305 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-18374" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2022 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2022 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2022 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2022 - 2022
Microbiological 2022 - 2022
Nutrient 2022 - 2022
Organics, Other 2022 - 2022
Physical 2022 - 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-18374
MonitoringLocationName Groundhog Branch At MP 0.7
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Between mouth and UNT/Groundhog Branch RM 1.24 Northwest of Jolo; On the Bradshaw USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05070201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 663.2335
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.3368611100
LongitudeMeasure -81.8242500000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1504.0305
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET