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WHITE LAKE NR WHITE LAKE NWB, MI (PHOTIC ZONE) (USGS-424043083340303) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Michigan Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MI), has the name "WHITE LAKE NR WHITE LAKE NWB, MI (PHOTIC ZONE)" and has the identifier USGS-424043083340303. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04090005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Oakland County County, Michigan at 42.67861110000000 degrees latitude and -83.5675000000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1016 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2007 - 2007
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MI
OrganizationFormalName USGS Michigan Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-424043083340303
MonitoringLocationName WHITE LAKE NR WHITE LAKE NWB, MI (PHOTIC ZONE)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 04090005
LatitudeMeasure 42.67861110000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.5675000000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1016
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 125
ProviderName NWIS