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LAKE SUPERIOR IN PRESQUE ISLE BAY (11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_PRESQWQ) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

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.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-APIS_UW_PRESQWQ" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1986 - 1987
Nutrient 1986 - 1987
Organics, Other 1986 - 1987
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_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