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Shannon Branch At MP 0.2 (WVDEP_WQX-260) 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 "Shannon Branch At MP 0.2" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-260. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05070201. This site has a drainage area of 1660.6059 ac.

This site is located in Mcdowell County County, West Virginia at 37.4589138900 degrees latitude and -81.6020694400 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1321.0433 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-260" 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*
Biological, Fish 2018 - 2019
Information 2018 - 2019
Organics, Other 2018 - 2019
Physical 2018 - 2019
Physical, Habitat 2018 - 2019
Sediment 2018 - 2019
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

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-260
MonitoringLocationName Shannon Branch At MP 0.2
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near mouth upstream first road crossing in Capels; On the Welch USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05070201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1660.6059
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.4589138900
LongitudeMeasure -81.6020694400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1321.0433
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET