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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  11113300 >  11113300-GOVRAY-GEN

GOVERNORS LAKE-GENERIC (11113300-GOVRAY-GEN) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services (BEACH) (identifier 11113300), has the name "GOVERNORS LAKE-GENERIC" and has the identifier 11113300-GOVRAY-GEN. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01060003.

This site is located in Rockingham County County, New Hampshire at 43.0538000000 degrees latitude and -71.1862780000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 60 m. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 282 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11113300-GOVRAY-GEN" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2017 - 2018
Biological, Counts 2018 - 2018
Microbiological 1989 - 1989
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11113300
OrganizationFormalName New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services (BEACH)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11113300-GOVRAY-GEN
MonitoringLocationName GOVERNORS LAKE-GENERIC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText GENERIC - COORDINATES NOT ACCURATE FOR SAMPLING LOCATIONS. ACTUAL SAMPLING LOCATION IS INDICATED IN ACTIVITY COMMENTS OR IS UNKNOWN.
HUCEightDigitCode 01060003
LatitudeMeasure 43.0538000000
LongitudeMeasure -71.1862780000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 60
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 282
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 33
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET