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MICHIGAN ISLAND LAGOON IN LAKE SUPERIOR (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_MICHLAG) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This wetland lacustrine-emergent site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "MICHIGAN ISLAND LAGOON IN LAKE SUPERIOR" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_MICHLAG. 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 46.8771667000 degrees latitude and -90.5120833000 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_UW_MICHLAG" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1986 - 1987
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_MICHLAG
MonitoringLocationName MICHIGAN ISLAND LAGOON IN LAKE SUPERIOR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Wetland Lacustrine-Emergent
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE STOCKTON ISLAND WISCONSINASHLAND CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS ON MICHIGAN ISLAND LAGOON ON THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MICHIGAN ISLAND. SAMPLES FOR THIS SITE WERE COLLECTED ON JUNE 10 AND AUGUST 22 OF 1986 AND ON JUNE 24 AND SEPTEMBER 22 OF 1987. SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED FOR TEMPERATURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; CONDUCTIVITY; PH; AND ALKALINITY. THE RESULTS ARE IN "WATER RESOURCES OF THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE 19861988" BY MARY BALCER AND DENNIS MCCAULEY WITH THE CENTER FOR LAKE SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINSUPERIOR (MARCH 1989). 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/FWTLND
HUCEightDigitCode 04010301
LatitudeMeasure 46.8771667000
LongitudeMeasure -90.5120833000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET