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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2014-12-09 2017-09-06
Information Water-quality 1994-03-12 2019-10-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1994-05-20 1995-02-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-03-12 2018-07-09
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-05-20 1995-02-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1994-05-20 2012-11-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1994-03-12 1995-08-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-03-12 1995-08-29
Organics, other Water-quality 2014-12-09 2019-10-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2016-04-19 2019-10-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1993-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1994-02-09 2023-05-09
n/a Site Visits 1993-10-01 2003-10-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2006-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01608070 is associated with a Stream in Hardy County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1993 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01608070 n/a
Site name
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR MOOREFIELD, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 390614.1 n/a
DMS longitude 0785733.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.10391667 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.9593056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
West Virginia 54
State
West Virginia 54
County
Hardy County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 764.15 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
South Branch Potomac 02070001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1216 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 445400100 n/a

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