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LAKE SUPERIOR IN PRESQUE ISLE BAY (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_PRESQWQ) 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 IN PRESQUE ISLE BAY" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_PRESQWQ. 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 46.9152778000 degrees latitude and -90.5542778000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Inorganics, Minor, Metals | 1986 - 1987 |
Nutrient | 1986 - 1987 |
Organics, Other | 1986 - 1987 |
Physical | 1986 - 1987 |
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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_UW_PRESQWQ |
MonitoringLocationName | LAKE SUPERIOR IN PRESQUE ISLE BAY |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | Great Lake |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE STOCKTON ISLAND WISCONSINASHLAND CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS ON LAKE SUPERIOR APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST OF PRESQUE ISLE HARBOR IN PRESQUE ISLE BAY. SAMPLES FOR THIS SITE WERE COLLECTED AUGUST 12 1986; JULY 30 1987; AND SEPTEMBER 14 1987. SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED FOR TEMPERATURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PH; CONDUCTIVITY; ALKALINITY; TOTAL ORAGANIC CARBON; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; AND TOTAL MERCURY. 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/LAKE |
HUCEightDigitCode | 04010301 |
LatitudeMeasure | 46.9152778000 |
LongitudeMeasure | -90.5542778000 |
SourceMapScaleNumeric | 0 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | Unknown |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD27 |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 55 |
CountyCode | 003 |
ProviderName | STORET |