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Surprise Lake, North-Central Area, Vertical Profile Station (11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_FWS2_SLVP) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Surprise Lake, North-Central Area, Vertical Profile Station" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_FWS2_SLVP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19020702.

This site is located in Lake And Peninsula Borough County, Alaska at 56.9327870000 degrees latitude and -158.0967070000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_FWS2_SLVP" 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*
Physical 1987 - 1987
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_FWS2_SLVP
MonitoringLocationName Surprise Lake, North-Central Area, Vertical Profile Station
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is inside Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve in Surprise Lake approximately 250 meters from the northcentral shoreline. A vertical profile of conductivity, DO, pH and temperature was taken at this site.
HUCEightDigitCode 19020702
LatitudeMeasure 56.9327870000
LongitudeMeasure -158.0967070000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 63360
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 164
ProviderName STORET