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UNT/Sal Willis Branch RM 0.73 At MP 0.5 (WVDEP_WQX-7249) 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 "UNT/Sal Willis Branch RM 0.73 At MP 0.5" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-7249. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050004. This site has a drainage area of 267.4671 ac.

This site is located in Raleigh County County, West Virginia at 37.7367861100 degrees latitude and -81.0321750000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 23 ft. This site is at an elevation of 2598.1308 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-7249" 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 2010 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2022
Microbiological 2005 - 2022
Nutrient 2005 - 2022
Organics, Other 2022 - 2022
Physical 2005 - 2022
Physical, Habitat 2010 - 2016
Sediment 2010 - 2016
*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-7249
MonitoringLocationName UNT/Sal Willis Branch RM 0.73 At MP 0.5
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Mid-reach Southeast of Little Beaver State Park; On the Shady Spring USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050004
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 267.4671
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.7367861100
LongitudeMeasure -81.0321750000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 23
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2598.1308
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET