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Meadow Creek At MP 14.5 (WVDEP_WQX-7272) 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 "Meadow Creek At MP 14.5" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-7272. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050003. This site has a drainage area of 680.3068 ac.

This site is located in Greenbrier County County, West Virginia at 38.0401833300 degrees latitude and -79.9775916700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 14 ft. This site is at an elevation of 3013.6787 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-7272" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2011 - 2017
Physical 2011 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2017
Sediment 2011 - 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-7272
MonitoringLocationName Meadow Creek At MP 14.5
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream UNT/Meadow Creek RM 14.18 North of Sherwood Lake; On the Mountain Grove USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05050003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 680.3068
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.0401833300
LongitudeMeasure -79.9775916700
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 14
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3013.6787
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 025
ProviderName STORET