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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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Outer Island Lagoon (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_02) 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 "Outer Island Lagoon" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010301.

This site is located in Ashland County County, Wisconsin at 47.0079800000 degrees latitude and -90.4590887500 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-APIS_02" 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 2007 - 2022
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2008 - 2009
Information 2007 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2007 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2022
Not Assigned 2007 - 2022
Nutrient 2007 - 2022
Organics, Other 2007 - 2022
Physical 2007 - 2022
*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-APIS_02
MonitoringLocationName Outer Island Lagoon
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The water quality monitoring station is located in the middle of the northern lobe of the lagoon located on the western shore of Outer Island, about 2 km north of the southern tip of the island. Use the mapping options below to see the exact location of the station. Some photos of the lagoon, monitoring station, and benchmark are shown in the Pictures tab above. The GPS coordinates of the benchmark used to measure water levels are (UTM, NAD83, Zone 15) 5209107N, 693040E.
HUCEightDigitCode 04010301
LatitudeMeasure 47.0079800000
LongitudeMeasure -90.4590887500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET