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SOUTH SHORE OF SURPRISE LAKE (11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_OSU_SS3B) 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 "SOUTH SHORE OF SURPRISE LAKE" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_OSU_SS3B. 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 56.9250833000 degrees latitude and -158.1104722000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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_OSU_SS3B" 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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1988 - 1988
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ANIA_OSU_SS3B
MonitoringLocationName SOUTH SHORE OF SURPRISE LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located on the Chignik (D1) Alaska 15 minute U.S. Geological Survey (topographic) quadrangle in Aniakchak National Monument. The data originated from a report entitled "Baseline Inventory of the Aquatic Resources of Aniakchak National Monument; Alaska" 1990 by William A. Cameron and Gary L. Larson of the National Park Service Cooperative Park Studies Unit; College of Forestry; Oregon State University; Corvallis Oregon 97331. The report was part of Cooperative Agreement CA900080006; Subagreement 9. For information on the park; contact Resource Management at Aniakchak National Monument and Aniakchak National Preserve; P.O. Box 7; King Salmon AK 996130007 (tel. 9072463305). Data were processed and uploaded to STORET by Nancy O'Keeffe; National Park Service Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Drive Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525 (tel. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 19020702
LatitudeMeasure 56.9250833000
LongitudeMeasure -158.1104722000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 164
ProviderName STORET