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Little Sand Bay Lagoon (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_04) site data in the Water Quality Portal
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This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Little Sand Bay Lagoon" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_04. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010301.
This site is located in Bayfield County County, Wisconsin at 46.9478189500 degrees latitude and -90.8847908300 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments | 2007 - 2012 |
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments | 2008 - 2009 |
Information | 2007 - 2012 |
Inorganics, Major, Metals | 2007 - 2012 |
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | 2007 - 2012 |
Not Assigned | 2007 - 2012 |
Nutrient | 2007 - 2012 |
Organics, Other | 2007 - 2012 |
Physical | 2007 - 2012 |
What other information is available for this location?
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Location Metadata | Value |
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OrganizationIdentifier | 11NPSWRD_WQX |
OrganizationFormalName | National Park Service Water Resources Division |
MonitoringLocationIdentifier | 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_04 |
MonitoringLocationName | Little Sand Bay Lagoon |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | Lake |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | Station first established at Latitude 46.94768576, Longitude 90.88634675 prior to sampling on 6/12/2007. Station moved to coordinates listed above prior to sampling on 7/23/2007. Station is located in the lagoon where the Little Sand River reaches Lake Superior. Station is approximately 0.1 south of Lake Superior, within the lagoon. 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) 5201598N, 0660912E. |
HUCEightDigitCode | 04010301 |
LatitudeMeasure | 46.9478189500 |
LongitudeMeasure | -90.8847908300 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off) |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD83 |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 55 |
CountyCode | 007 |
ProviderName | STORET |