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FOREST LAKE NEAR SOUTH GRAY ME A 3712 (USGS-434939070195200) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Maine Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ME), has the name "FOREST LAKE NEAR SOUTH GRAY ME A 3712" and has the identifier USGS-434939070195200. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01060001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cumberland County County, Maine at 43.82757769000000 degrees latitude and -70.3306073000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-434939070195200" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 1975 - 1975
Nutrient 1975 - 1975
Physical 1975 - 1975
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ME
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maine Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-434939070195200
MonitoringLocationName FOREST LAKE NEAR SOUTH GRAY ME A 3712
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 01060001
LatitudeMeasure 43.82757769000000
LongitudeMeasure -70.3306073000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 005
ProviderName NWIS