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North Fork/Patterson Creek At MP 8.4 (WVDEP_WQX-8383) 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 "North Fork/Patterson Creek At MP 8.4" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8383. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070002. This site has a drainage area of 1308.4332 ac.

This site is located in Grant County County, West Virginia at 39.1925277800 degrees latitude and -79.1693055600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 22 ft. This site is at an elevation of 1548.1973 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-8383" 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*
Biological, Fish 2007 - 2008
Information 2007 - 2008
Organics, Other 2007 - 2008
Physical 2007 - 2008
Physical, Habitat 2007 - 2008
Sediment 2007 - 2008
*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-8383
MonitoringLocationName North Fork/Patterson Creek At MP 8.4
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream County Route 1 & UNT/North Fork RM 8.37 in Scherr; On the Greenland Gap USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 02070002
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1308.4332
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 39.1925277800
LongitudeMeasure -79.1693055600
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 22
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1548.1973
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET