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Gazetteer of West Virginia
Bulletin No. 233 Series F, Geography, 41 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKECTOU A GAZETTEER OF WEST VIRGINIA I-IEISTRY G-AN3STETT WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1904 A» cl O a 3. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OP THE INTEKIOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Washington, D. C. , March 9, 190Jh SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as a bulletin, a gazetteer of West Virginia! Very respectfully, HENRY GANNETT, Geogwvpher. Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Director United States Geological Survey. 3 A GAZETTEER OF WEST VIRGINIA. HENRY GANNETT. DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE. The State of West Virginia was cut off from Virginia during the civil war and was admitted to the Union on June 19, 1863. As orig inally constituted it consisted of 48 counties; subsequently, in 1866, it was enlarged by the addition -of two counties, Berkeley and Jeffer son, which were also detached from Virginia. The boundaries of the State are in the highest degree irregular. Starting at Potomac River at Harpers Ferry,' the line follows the south bank of the Potomac to the Fairfax Stone, which was set to mark the headwaters of the North Branch of Potomac River; from this stone the line runs due north to Mason and Dixon's line, i. e., the southern boundary of Pennsylvania; thence it follows this line west to the southwest corner of that State, in approximate latitude 39° 43i' and longitude 80° 31', and from that corner north along the western boundary of Pennsylvania until the line intersects Ohio River; from this point the boundary runs southwest down the Ohio, on the northwestern bank, to the mouth of Big Sandy River. -
Decision Rationale Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Upper Guyandotte River Watershed, West Virginia
Decision Rationale Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Upper Guyandotte River Watershed, West Virginia __________________________________ Catherine A. Libertz, Director Water Division Date: _________ ______________ Decision Rationale Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Upper Guyandotte River Watershed, West Virginia I. Introduction The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) be developed for those waterbodies identified as impaired by a state where technology-based effluent limits and other pollution controls do not provide for the attainment of water quality standards. A TMDL establishes a target for the total load of a particular pollutant that a water body can assimilate and divides that load into wasteload allocations (WLA), given to point sources, load allocations (LAs), given to nonpoint sources and natural background, and a margin of safety (MOS), which takes into account any uncertainty. Mathematically, a TMDL is commonly expressed as an equation, shown below. 푇푀퐷퐿 = ∑푊퐿퐴푠 +∑퐿퐴푠 + 푀푂푆 This document sets forth the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III’s (EPA’s) rationale for approving 380 TMDLs submitted by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) for total iron, total selenium, and/or fecal coliform bacteria in the Upper Guyandotte River Watershed. The TMDLs were developed to address impairments of water quality standards as identified on West Virginia’s section 303(d) list of water quality- limited segments. WVDEP electronically submitted the TMDLs in its report titled Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Upper Guyandotte River Watershed West Virginia (February 2021) (hereinafter referred to as the “TMDL Report”), to EPA for final review and action on February 26, 2021. -
USEPA Approved IR 303D Co
2016 West Virginia Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report Prepared to fulfill the requirements of Section 303(d) and 305(b) of the federal Clean Water Act and Chapter 22, Article 11, Section 28 of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act for the period of July 2014 through June 2016. Prepared by the Division of Water and Waste Management Jim Justice Governor Austin Caperton Cabinet Secretary Department of Environmental Protection Scott G. Mandirola Director Division of Water and Waste Management 2016 WV Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 1 2.0 Water Quality Standards ............................................................................................ 2 3.0 Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment ................................................................. 4 3.1 Streams and Rivers ......................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Probabilistic (Random) Sampling ...................................................................................... 5 3.3 Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network ....................................................................... 5 3.4 Targeted Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 7 3.5 Pre-Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development Monitoring ........................................ -
Huntington NWP 12 Combined
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HUNTINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 502 EIGHTH STREET HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25701-2070 REPLY TO ATTENTION OF February 17, 2017 Regulatory Division Energy Resource Branch LRH-2014-00804-OHR – Ohio River NATIONWIDE PERMIT NO. 12 VERIFICATION Ms. Buffy Thomason Rover Pipeline, LLC 1300 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002 Dear Ms. Thomason: I refer to the Pre-Construction Notification (PCN) requesting a Department of the Army (DA) authorization to discharge dredged and/or fill material into waters of the United States (U.S.) in association with the operation and construction of the Rover Pipeline Project. The project is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act of 2005 (Docket No. CP15-93-000); the FERC issued an Environmental Impact Statement for this project on July 29, 2016. The Rover Pipeline Project involves facilities located within multiple districts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. The project corridor originates near New Milton, in Doddridge County, West Virginia and terminates near Howell, in Livingston County, Michigan. Within the Huntington District Regulatory Boundary, the project proposes work within multiple counties in West Virginia and Ohio. In West Virginia, portions of the project are located within Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel Counties. In Ohio, portions of the project are located within Noble, Monroe, Harrison, Carroll, Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne, Ashland, Richland, and Crawford Counties. The DA file number (LRH-2014-00804-OHR) should be referenced on all future correspondence related to this project. The U.S. -
Interagency Coordination Tool (Ict) Handbook
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION TOOL (ICT) HANDBOOK A handbook for implementation of the ICT and compliance with the Endangered Species Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act for West Virginia NRCS employees. June 2012 ICT Version 1.0 The ICT Handbook – 1 2 – The ICT Handbook IN COOPERATION WITH: United States Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service West Virginia Division of Natural Resources WV GIS Technical Center, WVU Department of Geology & Geography June 2012 DEVELOPED BY: Barbara Douglas, Endangered Species Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Elkins, WV Evan Fedorko, Research Assistant, WV GIS Technical Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Walter Kordek, Assistant Chief, Wildlife Diversity and Technical Support Units, EOC, Elkins, WV Frank Lafone, Senior Internet Developer, WV GIS Technical Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Casey Shrader, State Biologist, USDA, NRCS, Morgantown, WV Veeru Talreja, Research Assistant, WV GIS Technical Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV The ICT Handbook – 3 Acknowledgements: Sincere gratitude is expressed to the following individuals for various support roles in development of the Interagency Coordination Tool: Michael Daugherty, former GIS Programmer Analyst, WV Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV for assisting with the initial conception and specification of the tool. Special acknowledgement to Patrick Bowen, State Resource Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Morgantown, WV for assisting with securing funding mechanisms to support development and testing. Testing and quality assurance protocols were carried out by joint WVDNR and NRCS positions by Lee Haggerty, NRCS/WV Division of Natural Resources, Moorefield, WV, Matt Ware, NRCS/WV Division of Natural Resources, Huntington, WV and Noah McCoard, NRCS/WV Division of Natural Resources, McMechen, WV. -
Metals, Ph, and Fecal Coliform Tmdls for the Guyandotte River Watershed, West Virginia
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION III 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 Ms. Allyn Turner, Director Division of Water and Waste Management West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 414 Summers Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Dear Ms. Turner: According to the Consent Decree (entered by the United States District Court for the southern District of West Virginia on July 9, 1997) and Settlement Agreement for the case OVEC Inc.,et al., V. Browner, et al., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established final Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for 66 waterbodies including the Upper and Lower Guyandotte River and 64 tributaries. For this TMDL report, the Lower Guyandotte River and Upper Guyandotte River watersheds were combined into a single watershed called the Guyandotte River watershed. The TMDLs are for mine drainage and fecal coliform bacteria impaired waterbodies in the Guyandotte River watershed. EPA has established these TMDLs to satisfy its obligation of Joint Notice of Modification of Consent Decree to extend deadline entered into and filed in September 2002. In accordance with Federal regulations found in 40 CFR §130.7, a TMDL must: (1) be designed to meet water quality standards, (2) include, as appropriate, both wasteload allocations for point sources and load allocations for nonpoint sources, (3) consider the impacts of background pollutant contributions, (4) take critical stream conditions into account (the conditions when water quality is most likely to be violated), (5) consider seasonal variations, (6) include a margin of safety (which accounts for any uncertainties in the relationship between pollutant loads and instream water quality), (7) reasonable assurance that the TMDLs can be met and, (8) be subject to public participation. -
Drainage Areas of West Virginia Streams Tributary to the Ohio River
DRAINAGE AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO THE OHIO RIVER By Jeffrey B. Wiley U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 97-231 Prepared in cooperation with the WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS Charleston, West Virginia 1997 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gordon P. Eaton, Director For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey, WRD Branch of Information Services 11 Dunbar Street Box 25286 Charleston, WV 25301 Denver, CO 80225-0286 CONTENTS Abstract .............................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Methods............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Drainage areas of streams tributary to the Ohio River......................................................................................4 Selected references............................................................................................................................................4 FIGURES 1. Map showing location of study area within the Upper Ohio River drainage basin 2. Map showing location of the study area................................................................. -
West Virginia's Water Quality Assessment 305(B) Report 2002
West Virginia’s Water Quality Assessment 305(b) Report 2002 Upper Ohio South Dunkard Creek Monongahela R West Fork River Cacapon River Little Kanawha River Lower Ohio Big S andy Greenbrier Twelvepole Ck River Lower New River Upper Guyandotte James River Upper New River Focus on Watersheds Assessed in 1999 & 2000 West Virginia Water Quality Status Assessment Table of Contents Part Page I. Executive Summary / Overview 7 II. Surface Water Assessments 12 SURFACE WATER ASSESSMENTS - BY WATERSHED 21 Greenbrier River 23 James River 28 Little Kanawha River 32 Lower New River 37 Monongahela River 43 Upper New River 48 Big Sandy River 53 Cacapon River 58 Dunkard Creek 63 Lower Ohio River 68 Twelvepole Creek 73 Upper Guyandotte River 79 Upper Ohio River South 84 West Fork River 89 III. Lake Water Quality Assessment 94 IV. Groundwater Quality 102 V. Wetlands 104 VI. Water Pollution Control Program 105 Chapter One: Point Source Control Program 105 Chapter Two: Nonpoint Source Control Program 107 Chapter Three: Cost/Benefit Assessment 110 Chapter Four: Surface Water Monitoring Program 112 Chapter Five: Special State Concerns and Recommendations 123 Page 2 2002 305(b) Report List of Tables Table Page Table 1. Water Resources Atlas 9 Table 2. West Virginia Waterbody Assessment Matrix 13 Table 3. Overall Designated Use Support Summary: Statewide 14 Table 4. Individual Use Support Summary: Statewide 15 Table 5. Summary of Impairment Causes: Statewide 18 Table 6. Summary of Impairment Sources: Statewide 19 Table 7. Trophic State Indices of Priority Lakes 95 Table 8. Overall Designated Use Support Summary: Lakes 97 Table 9. -
Summary of Floods in the United States During 1963
Summary of Floods in the United States during 1963 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1830-B Prepared in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies Summary of Floods in the United States during 1963 By J. O. ROSTVEDT and others FLOODS OF 1963 IN THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1830-B Prepared in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T. Pecora, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 60 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Abstract ___-___--_--_---_---_--__---_--__-_____________-___-___-- Bl Introduction..____________________________________________________ 1 Determination of flood stages and discharges._________________________ 4 Explanation of data.-__--_--__--_---__-___-___-__-___-___-_---_-__ 5 Summary of floods of 1963____.____.___.__-__--__________-_-___--_ 6 January-February in California and Nevada._____________________ 6 January-February in southern Idaho, by C. A. Thomas.___________ 8 January 31-February 5 in eastern Oregon, by D. D. Harris..___.____ 16 February 1 at Vivian Park, Utah._______________________________ 20 February 3-7 in southeastern Washington, by L. L. Hubbard.______ 21 March from Alabama to West Virginia and Ohio, after Harry H. Barnes, Jr. (1964), and William P. Cross (1964)___...________... 28 Kentucky ________________________________________________ -
Water Quality Standards
WEST VIRGINIA INTEGRATED WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT REPORT 2010 Prepared to fulfi ll the requirements of Sections 303(d) and 305(b) of the federal Clean Water Act and Chapter 22, Article 11, Section 28 of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act for the period of July 2007 through June 2009. Earl Ray Tomblin Governor Randy C. Huffman Cabinet Secretary Department of Environmental Protection Scott G. Mandirola Director Division of Water and Waste Management www.dep.wv.gov Promoting a healthy environment 1 Division of Water and Waste Management Table of Contents Introduction 4 Major Basin Summaries 25 Dunkard Creek 25 West Virginia Water Quality Standards 4 Guyandotte River 25 Ohio River Criteria 7 Kanawha River and major tributaries - New, Bluestone, Greenbrier, Gauley, Elk and Coal rivers 26 Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment 7 Monongahela River and major tributaries - Streams and Rivers 7 Tygart and West Fork rivers 26 Probabilistic (random) sampling 7 Cheat River Watershed TMDLs 27 Ambient water quality monitoring network 7 Little Kanawha River 27 Targeted sampling 8 Ohio River 27 Pre-TMDL development sampling 8 Tug Fork River 27 Lakes and Reservoirs 9 Wetlands 9 Interstate Water Coordination 28 Citizen monitoring 10Joint PCB monitoring and TMDL development effort with Virginia 28 Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission - ORSANCO 28 Data Management 11Chesapeake Bay 28 Assessed data 11 Interstate Commission on Potomac River Basin 28 External data providers 11 Ohio River Basin Water Resources Association 29 Use Assessment -
Water Resources Data West Virginia Water Year 2002
WV 02 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S . U.S. Geological Survey Geologi Water Resources Data 11 Dunbar Street Charleston, WV 25301 West Virginia cal Surv Water Year 2002 e y W ater Water-Data Report WV-02-1 R e s ources Data —West Virginia U.S. Department of the Interior Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey State of West Virginia and with other agencies Printed on recycled paper Stony River near Mount Storm (d) 01595200 50 1 Stony River near Mount Storm (t) 01395200 52 Patterson Creek near Headsville (d) 01604500 58 South Branch Potomac River at Franklin (d) 01605500 60 North Fork South Branch Potomac River at Cabins (d) 01606000 62 South Branch Potomac River near Petersburg (d) 01606500 64 South Fork South Branch Potomac River at Brandywine (d) 01607500 66 South Fork South Branch Potomac River near Moorefield (d) 01608000 68 South Branch Potomac River near Moorefield (d) 01608070 70 South Branch Potomac River near Springfield (d) 01608500 72 Cacapon River near Great Cacapon (d) (c) 01611500 80 Opequon Creek near Martinsburg (d) 01616500 88 Shenandoah River at Millville (d) 01636500 90 Tygart Valley River near Dailey (d) 03050000 94 Tygart Valley River near Elkins (d) 03050500 96 Tygart Valley River at Belington (d) 03051000 98 Middle Fork River at Audra (d) 03052000 100 Sand Run near Buckhannon (d) 03052500 102 Buckhannon River at Hall (d) 03053500 104 Tygart Valley River at Philippi (d) 03054500 106 Three Fork Creek near Grafton (d) 03056250 108 West Fork River near Mount Clare (d) 03058975 110 West Fork River -
E = Endangered; T = Threatened; P = Proposed Updated April 2015
Known and Potential Distribution of Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species and Proposed Species in West Virginia COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS DISTRIBUTION MAMMALS Cougar, eastern Felis concolor cougar E May occur throughout the entire state. However, this species may be extinct or extirpated and there have been no documented, verified occurrences in WV in over 100 years. Indiana bat Myotis sodalis E May occur throughout the state. Known hibernacula (winter habitat) in Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. The Indiana bat may use abandoned mine portals (confirmed in the New River Gorge National River, Fayette County) or occupy summer habitat throughout the entire state. Maternity activity confirmed in Brooke, Boone, Fayette, Ohio, Tucker, and Wetzel Counties. Critical habitat: Hellhole Cave, Pendleton County. Two Conservation Areas are located in Boone County. Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) E Known summer or winter caves located in Grant, Pendleton, Randolph, Tucker and Counties. townsendii virginianus Also known to utilize abandoned mine portals in Fayette County. May also occur in mine portals and caves throughout the state, particularly in Hardy, Kanawha, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Preston, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming Counties. Critical habitat: Hellhole Cave, Cave Mountain Cave, Hoffman School Cave, and Sinnitt/Thorn Mountain Cave, Pendleton County; Cave Hollow/Arbogast Cave, Tucker County. Northern long-eared Myotis septentrionalis T Occurs statewide bat AMPHIBIANS Cheat Mountain Plethodon nettingi T Grant, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. salamander FISHES Diamond darter Crystallaria cincotta E Clay and Kanawha Counties - Elk River. E = Endangered; T = Threatened; P = Proposed Updated April 2015 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS DISTRIBUTION CRUSTACEANS Madison Cave isopod Antrolana lira T Known in Jefferson County and may potentially also occur in Berkeley County.