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Upper Mud River Reservoir At Site Main-BB (WVDEP_WQX-8881) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This reservoir site, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "Upper Mud River Reservoir At Site Main-BB" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-8881. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05070102. This site has a drainage area of 261.2423 ac.

This site is located in Lincoln County County, West Virginia at 38.1464444400 degrees latitude and -82.0601666700 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 12.8 ft. This site is at an elevation of 722.9561 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-8881" 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 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
Physical, Habitat 2008 - 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-8881
MonitoringLocationName Upper Mud River Reservoir At Site Main-BB
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site BB-On UNT/Mud River RM 6.11 tributary cove, near upper end of reservoir backwaters; On the Hager USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05070102
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 261.2423
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 38.1464444400
LongitudeMeasure -82.0601666700
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12.8
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 722.9561
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET