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Lake Superior at Lunch Beach (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_3P_LUNCHBE) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This great lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Lake Superior at Lunch Beach" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_3P_LUNCHBE.

This site is located in Bayfield County County, Wisconsin at 46.9171808100 degrees latitude and -90.9961486200 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_3P_LUNCHBE" 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*
Information 2015 - 2015
Not Assigned 2015 - 2015
Organics, Other 2015 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2015 - 2015
*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_3P_LUNCHBE
MonitoringLocationName Lake Superior at Lunch Beach
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Lake Superior at Lunch Beach. This site is approximately 1.2 kilometers north-northwest of the intersection of North Branch and Menard Roads.
LatitudeMeasure 46.9171808100
LongitudeMeasure -90.9961486200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET