The Appomattox River monitoring station is located at Matoaca, Va., and receives streamflow from approximately 84 percent of the 1,600 mi2 Appomattox River Basin. This river contributes about 2 percent of the total streamflow, less than 1 percent of the total nitrogen load, and 1 percent of the total phosphorus load delivered annually from the nontidal part of the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Sediment with bound nutrients settles behind Lake Chesdin Dam, 2.8 miles upstream from the monitoring station, contributing to the second smallest yields of total phosphorus and total nitrogen of the nine major basins. Nonpoint sources contribute almost all of the nutrient load to the Appomattox River.
| Station Number | 02041650 |
| Latitude (ddmmss) | 371328 |
| Longitude (ddmmss) | 772832 |
| County | Chesterfield |
| Hydrologic Unit Code | 02080207 |
| Basin Name | James |
| Drainage Area (mi2) | 1,340 |
| Datum (feet above NGVD) | 68.30 |
| Period of Project Data Collection | July 1989 - Present |
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