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LAKE MICHIGAN AT WHIHALA BEACH TRANSECT 2 (USGS-414129087301502) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Indiana Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IN), has the name "LAKE MICHIGAN AT WHIHALA BEACH TRANSECT 2" and has the identifier USGS-414129087301502. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Lake County County, Indiana at 41.69138889000000 degrees latitude and -87.5041667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of 588.32 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .05 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

The well was contructed on 20180426.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-414129087301502" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2018 - 2018
Physical 2018 - 2018
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Indiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-414129087301502
MonitoringLocationName LAKE MICHIGAN AT WHIHALA BEACH TRANSECT 2
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LatitudeMeasure 41.69138889000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.5041667000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 588.32
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .05
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 089
ConstructionDateText 20180426
ProviderName NWIS