Elk River at Charleston, WV - 03197950
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Elk River at Charleston, WV - 03197950
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 9, 2025 - March 16, 2025
Gage height, feet
24.24 ft - Mar 16, 2025 09:50:00 AM EDT
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Status
Time
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24.24 ft
Provisional
Mar 16, 2025
09:50:00 AM EDT
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24.24 ft
Provisional
Mar 16, 2025
09:50:00 AM EDT
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9 data types available - data from 2018-08-16 to 2025-03-16
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2018-08-16 - 2025-03-16
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2018-08-16 - 2025-03-16
Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as quinine sulfate equivalents (QSE)
2023-09-25 - 2025-03-16
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2023-09-25 - 2025-03-16
Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second
2024-11-16 - 2025-03-16
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2023-09-25 - 2025-03-16
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2023-09-25 - 2025-03-16
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2023-09-25 - 2025-03-16
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2023-09-25 - 2025-03-16
Daily data
7 data types available - data from 2018-08-17 to 2025-03-16
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Discrete sample data
101 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1973-08-16 to 1986-11-04
10 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
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5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 1973-12-04 | 1974-07-10 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1973-10-19 | 1986-11-04 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1973-08-16 | 1986-11-04 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1973-08-16 | 2025-03-16 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1974-03-01 | 1974-07-10 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1973-10-19 | 1986-11-04 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1973-10-19 | 1974-07-10 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1973-08-16 | 1986-11-04 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1974-03-01 | 1974-03-01 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1973-08-16 | 2025-03-16 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 2018-09-28 | 2023-02-17 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 2018-09-28 | 2024-11-12 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2018-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 03197950 is associated with a Stream in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), Dissolved oxygen, and more are available. Water data back to 1973 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
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Site identification number
|
03197950 | n/a |
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Site name
|
ELK RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WV | n/a |
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Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 382129 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0813738 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 38.3581527 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -81.627068 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Unknown or unspecified. | U |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
West Virginia | 54 |
|
State
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West Virginia | 54 |
|
County
|
Kanawha County | 039 |
| 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 | 541.66 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
|
Elk | 05050007 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
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Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
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Drainage area
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1532 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
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n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
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Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
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Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
