# wv_loaddata.rdb (tab-delimited ASCII file ) # Date created: 9/3/1998 # # Water-quality load data for sites in West Virginia # # This file contains estimated loads for nontidal sampling sites # sites where major forms of nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) and # sediment were sampled. # # The selection of water-quality data from nontidal sites for inclusion # in the database was based on the following minimum criteria (Langland and # others, 1995): # # - Nutrient- and sediment-concentration data collected between # October 1, 1971, through December 31, 1996. # # - A minimum of 12 nutrient- and sediment-concentration samples # representing fall, winter, spring, and summer conditions # collected throughout any consecutive 3-year time span. # # - Nutrient- and sediment-concentration data available in digital format. # # The selection of sites where loads were estimated was based on the following # minimum criteria (Langland and others, 1995): # # - Non-tidal site satisfies minimum criteria for inclusion as a # water-quality site (see above). # # - At least 50 nutrient or sediment samples were collected at the site # over at least 3 years, regardless of the availability of # continuous streamflow data. # # - If water-quality data were collected within 1,500 yards of a # continuous streamflow station, both sites were examined on topographic # maps to determine if the streamflow data were suitable to # estimate loads for the water-quality site. # # REFERENCE: Langland, M.J., Lietman, P.L., and Hoffman, S.A., Synthesis of # nutrient and sediment data for watersheds within the # Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin, 1995, U.S. Geological Survey # Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4233, p. 6. # # Contacts: Michael J. Langland, langland@usgs.gov # # For more information, visit the USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities Web Page at: # http://chesapeake.usgs.gov/chesbay/ . # # Field descriptions: # # Column Description Type Length # # staid Station number char 15 # agency Agency code char 10 # pcode Parameter code char 5 # year Year char 4 # load Estimated load, in tons per year num 8 # yield Estimated yield, in lbs per acre num 8 # Type Sample type char 1 # Error Model error num 8 # # Sample type refers to the monitoring program and relation to # to sampled flow, either fixed (F) which generally sampled mediam to low # flows or total (total) which sampled a broader range of flow with number # of storm or high flow samples. staid agency pcode year load yield type error 15N 10N 5N 4N 8N 8N 1N 8N 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1977 4.19 0.01 F 42 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1978 5.58 0.02 F 24.4 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1979 6.83 0.02 F 19.3 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1980 6.34 0.02 F 19.7 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1981 6.71 0.02 F 18.7 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1982 7.88 0.03 F 19.1 01603000 MdMDE 00613 1983 10.01 0.04 F 31.7 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1977 971.29 3.47 F 14.9 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1978 1391.89 4.97 F 11 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1979 1804.68 6.45 F 9.8 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1980 1210.39 4.32 F 8.2 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1981 989.22 3.53 F 7.5 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1982 1211.26 4.33 F 9.3 01603000 MdMDE 00618 1983 1325.79 4.73 F 11.4 01603000 MdMDE 00623 1981 357.6 1.28 F 41.3 01603000 MdMDE 00623 1982 572.84 2.05 F 18.6 01603000 MdMDE 00623 1983 834.48 2.98 F 14.9 01603000 MdMDE 00623 1984 904.26 3.23 F 14.3 01603000 MdMDE 00623 1985 716.93 2.56 F 24.9 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1977 978.04 3.49 F 14.7 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1978 1397.17 4.99 F 10.9 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1979 1805.8 6.45 F 9.6 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1980 1213.13 4.33 F 8 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1981 993.05 3.55 F 7.4 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1982 1212.63 4.33 F 9.1 01603000 MdMDE 00631 1983 1332.5 4.76 F 11.2 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1977 66.13 0.24 F 49.1 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1978 183.97 0.66 F 47.1 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1979 476.15 1.7 F 43.3 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1980 270.94 0.97 F 34 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1981 262.47 0.94 F 33.5 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1982 351.85 1.26 F 39.3 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1983 361.75 1.29 F 37.1 01603000 MdMDE 00665 1984 345.85 1.24 F 55.4 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1977 4.46 0.02 F 67.6 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1978 3.95 0.01 F 48.8 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1979 8.16 0.03 F 43.8 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1980 4.26 0.02 F 40.3 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1981 8.81 0.03 F 37.1 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1982 21.47 0.08 F 30.7 01603000 MdMDE 00671 1983 154.88 0.55 F 75.4 01603000 USGS 00630 1972 1882.14 6.72 T 16.7 01603000 USGS 00630 1973 1230.36 4.39 T 11.1 01603000 USGS 00630 1974 1021.63 3.65 T 7.9 01603000 USGS 00630 1975 1389.15 4.96 T 7.2 01603000 USGS 00630 1976 841.46 3.01 T 6.1 01603000 USGS 00630 1977 921.62 3.29 T 7.1 01603000 USGS 00630 1978 1335.41 4.77 T 8.9 01603000 USGS 00630 1979 1643.31 5.87 T 9 01603000 USGS 00630 1980 1098.88 3.92 T 7.2 01603000 USGS 00630 1981 903.62 3.23 T 8 01603000 USGS 00630 1982 1089.37 3.89 T 11.4 01603000 USGS 00630 1983 1254.7 4.48 T 15.6 01603000 USGS 00630 1984 1609.02 5.75 T 21.4 01603000 USGS 00630 1985 1707.31 6.1 T 29 01603000 USGS 00630 1986 1157.93 4.14 T 35.1 01603000 USGS 00630 1987 1096.15 3.91 T 43 01603000 USGS 00630 1988 1158.8 4.14 T 53.1 01603000 USGS 00630 1989 1685.18 6.02 T 63.6 01603000 USGS 00630 1990 1499.35 5.35 T 76 01610200 USGS 80154 1978 80711.8 1627.25 T 63.3 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1973 1153908.8 607.47 F 50.6 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1974 274823.88 144.68 F 35.5 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1975 2087994.6 1099.22 F 61.9 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1977 304516.07 160.31 F 47.9 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1978 1579170 831.35 F 50.9 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1979 1680753.7 884.83 F 63.1 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1980 310924.73 163.69 F 33.4 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1981 111469.4 58.68 F 38.3 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1982 358498.82 188.73 F 42 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1983 528259.29 278.1 F 48.4 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1984 1597393.3 840.95 F 65.5 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1987 559868.95 294.74 F 70.2 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1988 692528.62 364.58 F 59.3 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1989 395703.89 208.32 F 44.1 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1990 179818.43 94.67 F 42.6 01618000 MdMDE 00530 1991 258756.13 136.22 F 45.4 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1985 12205.29 6.43 F 12.8 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1986 9044.63 4.76 F 7.6 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1987 12010.03 6.32 F 5.8 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1988 11106.01 5.85 F 6.5 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1989 15890.08 8.37 F 6 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1990 13500.59 7.11 F 5.2 01618000 MdMDE 00600 1991 12150.03 6.4 F 6.4 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1976 464.78 0.24 F 39 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1977 329.28 0.17 F 24.3 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1978 709.83 0.37 F 29.1 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1979 901.71 0.47 F 26.2 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1980 457.86 0.24 F 17.6 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1981 274.95 0.14 F 15.4 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1982 480.96 0.25 F 19.3 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1983 605.4 0.32 F 20.5 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1984 885.44 0.47 F 30 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1985 754.69 0.4 F 43.8 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1986 411.98 0.22 F 27.1 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1987 219.28 0.12 F 36.7 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1988 204.6 0.11 F 29.8 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1989 330.04 0.17 F 21 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1990 274.27 0.14 F 17.5 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1991 244.71 0.13 F 22.2 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1992 271.12 0.14 F 15.4 01618000 MdMDE 00608 1993 519.66 0.27 F 36.1 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1973 92.76 0.05 F 21.2 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1974 62.01 0.03 F 16 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1975 109.13 0.06 F 19.2 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1976 77.46 0.04 F 20.3 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1977 67.05 0.04 F 14.5 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1978 127.7 0.07 F 21 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1979 157.26 0.08 F 19.7 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1980 93.41 0.05 F 13.3 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1981 61.81 0.03 F 11.8 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1982 100.64 0.05 F 14.6 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1983 125.37 0.07 F 15.5 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1984 180.24 0.09 F 22.5 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1985 139.03 0.07 F 26.7 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1986 101.59 0.05 F 19 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1987 120.83 0.06 F 17.3 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1988 109.91 0.06 F 18.6 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1989 128.62 0.07 F 14.1 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1990 95.78 0.05 F 12.4 01618000 MdMDE 00613 1991 109.15 0.06 F 17.2 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1973 7744.85 4.08 F 14.7 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1974 5970.58 3.14 F 12.3 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1975 8733.63 4.6 F 11 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1976 6880.08 3.62 F 10.3 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1977 5504.88 2.9 F 9.6 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1978 7513.35 3.96 F 9.8 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1979 11493.91 6.05 F 9.7 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1980 7016.34 3.69 F 8.7 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1981 5229.73 2.75 F 8.2 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1982 7386.38 3.89 F 9.3 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1983 9323.51 4.91 F 9.3 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1984 10782.99 5.68 F 10 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1985 8302.04 4.37 F 11.5 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1986 5898.55 3.11 F 8.7 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1987 6573.71 3.46 F 7.6 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1988 5434.5 2.86 F 7.9 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1989 7369.43 3.88 F 9.4 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1990 6635.83 3.49 F 9.3 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1991 6232.34 3.28 F 9.3 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1992 6986.58 3.68 F 8.7 01618000 MdMDE 00618 1993 12348.26 6.5 F 11.9 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1985 7816.27 4.11 F 26.9 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1986 3680.58 1.94 F 17.2 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1987 4543.37 2.39 F 16.7 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1988 4304.54 2.27 F 19.9 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1989 4761.91 2.51 F 15.9 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1990 2891.6 1.52 F 13.3 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1991 2548.94 1.34 F 14.8 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1992 2230.14 1.17 F 13.7 01618000 MdMDE 00625 1993 6044.78 3.18 F 24.6 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1973 7915.66 4.17 F 13.6 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1974 6060.24 3.19 F 11.4 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1975 8861.5 4.67 F 10.2 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1976 6943.39 3.66 F 9.6 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1977 5576.18 2.94 F 8.8 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1978 7652.47 4.03 F 9.2 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1979 11617.14 6.12 F 9.1 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1980 7084.04 3.73 F 8.1 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1981 5228.59 2.75 F 7.6 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1982 7457.96 3.93 F 8.6 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1983 9389.34 4.94 F 8.7 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1984 10916.55 5.75 F 9.4 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1985 10050.68 5.29 F 9.4 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1986 7596.22 4 F 8.3 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1987 9144.09 4.81 F 7.7 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1988 7796.33 4.1 F 8 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1989 11313.08 5.96 F 7.9 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1990 10566.33 5.56 F 8.7 01618000 MdMDE 00631 1991 9405.2 4.95 F 10.8 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1973 431.34 0.23 F 23.7 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1974 291.31 0.15 F 16.8 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1975 757.22 0.4 F 25.6 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1976 700.33 0.37 F 35.9 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1977 422.5 0.22 F 15.9 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1978 961.65 0.51 F 23.4 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1979 1326.39 0.7 F 21.4 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1980 667.24 0.35 F 14.6 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1981 442.33 0.23 F 12.5 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1982 745.4 0.39 F 16.7 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1983 960.53 0.51 F 17.6 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1984 1380.5 0.73 F 25.4 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1985 1476.34 0.78 F 44.4 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1986 619.7 0.33 F 22.3 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1987 547.48 0.29 F 35.5 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1988 431.9 0.23 F 33.9 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1989 396.29 0.21 F 20.6 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1990 240.33 0.13 F 14.3 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1991 270.97 0.14 F 20.7 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1992 255.77 0.13 F 11.2 01618000 MdMDE 00665 1993 1162.59 0.61 F 36.8 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1973 177.6 0.09 F 22.7 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1974 124 0.07 F 16.9 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1975 306.17 0.16 F 23.6 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1976 298.34 0.16 F 30.4 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1977 171.89 0.09 F 15 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1978 308.26 0.16 F 19.1 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1979 515.65 0.27 F 18 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1980 232.97 0.12 F 13 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1981 165.5 0.09 F 11.6 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1982 257.35 0.14 F 14.8 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1983 336.32 0.18 F 15.3 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1984 431.58 0.23 F 20.2 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1985 530.18 0.28 F 37.4 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1986 213.27 0.11 F 17 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1987 242.46 0.13 F 15.1 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1988 214.72 0.11 F 18.3 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1989 262.43 0.14 F 13.7 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1990 204.27 0.11 F 15.5 01618000 MdMDE 00671 1991 151.77 0.08 F 18.6