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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.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_04" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
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
*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_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