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LK SUPERIOR SITE 3 NR ROCKY & S TWIN ISLANDS WI (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_USGS_RS3) 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 "LK SUPERIOR SITE 3 NR ROCKY & S TWIN ISLANDS WI" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_USGS_RS3. 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 47.0333333000 degrees latitude and -90.6533333000 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_USGS_RS3" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | 1983 - 1983 |
Nutrient | 1983 - 1983 |
Organics, Other | 1983 - 1983 |
Physical | 1983 - 1983 |
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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_RS3 |
MonitoringLocationName | LK SUPERIOR SITE 3 NR ROCKY & S TWIN ISLANDS WI |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | Great Lake |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE ROCKY ISLAND WISCONSINASHLAND CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. LAKE SUPERIOR SITE 3 IS NEAR ROCKY ISLAND & SOUTH TWIN ISLAND AND IS OUTSIDE THE APOSTLE ISLAND NATIONAL LAKESHORE BOUNDARIES. DATA ARE FROM THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 874220; "WATER RESOURCES OF THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE; NORTHERN WISCONSIN" BY WILLIAM 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 USGS DURING 19791984 WATER YEARS AND TO PROVIDE A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED HYDROLOGIC COMPONENTS OF THE LAKESHORE." DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY LISA DUMMER; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE |
HUCEightDigitCode | 04010301 |
LatitudeMeasure | 47.0333333000 |
LongitudeMeasure | -90.6533333000 |
SourceMapScaleNumeric | 0 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | Unknown |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD27 |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 55 |
CountyCode | 003 |
ProviderName | STORET |