ALMN NAWQA Surface-Water Quality Site Page

Site: Tygart Valley River near Elkins, WV

• Station Number:   03050500
• NAWQA Sucode:   bst1
• Local Identifier:   BST18
• Latitude (DMS):   385530 / Longitude (DMS):   795245
• County (of sampling location):   Randolph
• Description:   On left bank 1.4 mi upstream from Leading Creek, 1.5 mi west of Elkins, and at mile 78.3.
• Drainage Area:   ? mi²
• Predominant Land Use(s):   Mixed forest, some agriculture

• NAWQA Site Type:   Occurrence and Distribution Study Site
• Study Components:   Bed-Sediment and Tissue Study
• Water-Quality Sampling Frequency:  
  Fish Tissue:   summer 1996, summer 1997 (duplicate taxa at two sites)  
  Bed Sediment:   summer 1996, summer 1998 (Trace elements only).
• Water-Quality Constituents Sampled:  
  Fish Tissue:   Trace elements in fish livers, Organic compounds in composites of whole fish  
  Bed Sediment:   Trace elements, Hydrophobic pesticides, Additional organic compounds.
• Period of Streamflow Record:   No gage station
• Published Water-Quality and Discharge Records:

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