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Twentymile Creek At MP 26.9 (WVDEP_WQX-1945) 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 "Twentymile Creek At MP 26.9" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-1945. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050005. This site has a drainage area of 589.2963 ac.

This site is located in Nicholas County County, West Virginia at 38.3593861100 degrees latitude and -80.8861527800 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 44 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1767.3495 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-1945" 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*
Information 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2017 - 2017
Sediment 2017 - 2017
*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-1945
MonitoringLocationName Twentymile Creek At MP 26.9
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream UNT/Twentymile Creek RM 26.67 Northeast of Gilboa; On the Gilboa USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 589.2963
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.3593861100
LongitudeMeasure -80.8861527800
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 44
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1767.3495
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET