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LAKE SUPERIOR 2 MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_LONG_IS) site data in the Water Quality Portal
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This great lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "LAKE SUPERIOR 2 MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_LONG_IS. 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 46.6952222000 degrees latitude and -90.7961667000 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-APIS_LONG_IS" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments | 1996 - 1996 |
Information | 1996 - 1996 |
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | 1996 - 1996 |
Nutrient | 1996 - 1996 |
Physical | 1996 - 1996 |
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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_LONG_IS |
MonitoringLocationName | LAKE SUPERIOR 2 MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | Great Lake |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE LONG ISLAND WISCONSIN 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS ON LAKE SUPERIOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. SAMPLES FOR THIS SITE WERE COLLECTED MONTHLY OVER THE SUMMER OF 1996. SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED FOR PHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS. THE RESULTS ARE IN "LAKE SUPERIOR FOOD WEB APOSTLE ISLANDS ONRW" BY LAKE SUPERIOR ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH CENTER; MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY (JUNE 1997). THE DATA WERE RECEIVED IN DIGITAL FORMAT FROM NATURAL RESOURCES AT APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE. LAT/LONG COORDINATES ARE THE CENTROID OF THREE LORAN READINGS (1 FOR EACH MONTH SAMPLED). FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE; ROUTE 1 BOX 4; BAYFIELD WISCONSIN 54814. TEL (715) 7793397. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY PAUL MCELVERY AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80525. TEL (970) 2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE |
HUCEightDigitCode | 04010301 |
LatitudeMeasure | 46.6952222000 |
LongitudeMeasure | -90.7961667000 |
SourceMapScaleNumeric | 0 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | Unknown |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD27 |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 55 |
CountyCode | 003 |
ProviderName | STORET |