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OAK ISLAND SITE #5B (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_USGS_5B) site data in the Water Quality Portal
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This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "OAK ISLAND SITE #5B" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_USGS_5B. 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 46.9582222000 degrees latitude and -90.7333056000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 630 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Physical | 1983 - 1984 |
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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_USGS_5B |
MonitoringLocationName | OAK ISLAND SITE #5B |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | River/Stream |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE OAK ISLAND WI 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPO.) QUADRANGLE. OAK ISLAND SITE #5B IS AT A STREAM AND IS LOCATED INSIDE THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE BOUNDARIES. DATA ARE FROM THE USGS WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 874220; "WATER RESOURCES OF THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE; NORTHERN WISCONSIN" BY W.J. ROSE (1988); PREPARED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REPORT WERE "TO SUMMARIZE WATERRESOURCES DATA THAT WERE COLLECTED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DURING 19791984 WATER YEARS AND TO PROVIDE A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED HYDROLOGIC COMPONENTS OF THE LAKESHORE." LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE VALUES WERE OBTAINED BY DIGITIZING A POINT ON THE QUADRANGLE MAP USING FIGURE 3 IN THE REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE; ROUTE 1 BOX 4; BAYFIELD WI 54814 (TEL. 7157793397). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY LISA DUMMER; NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM |
HUCEightDigitCode | 04010301 |
LatitudeMeasure | 46.9582222000 |
LongitudeMeasure | -90.7333056000 |
SourceMapScaleNumeric | 0 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | Unknown |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD27 |
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue | 630 |
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode | ft |
VerticalCollectionMethodName | Topographic Map Interpolation |
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | UNKWN |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 55 |
CountyCode | 003 |
ProviderName | STORET |