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LOST ISLAND LAKE NORTH OF RUTHVEN, IOWA. (1117MBR-008716) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the US EPA Region 7 (identifier 1117MBR), has the name "LOST ISLAND LAKE NORTH OF RUTHVEN, IOWA." and has the identifier 1117MBR-008716. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10230003.

This site is located in Palo Alto County County, Iowa at 43.1750000 degrees latitude and -94.9000000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "1117MBR-008716" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 1117MBR
OrganizationFormalName US EPA Region 7
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 1117MBR-008716
MonitoringLocationName LOST ISLAND LAKE NORTH OF RUTHVEN, IOWA.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LOST ISLAND LAKE TWO MILES NORTH OF RUTHVEN, IOWA. ¶THE LAT/LONG COORDINATE WAS DERIVED BY MAP INTERPOLATION. ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (1117MBR ) ON 13-DEC-99¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: ¶BASIN CODE: ¶MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 10230003
LatitudeMeasure 43.1750000
LongitudeMeasure -94.9000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 147
ProviderName STORET