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Side Lake (11NPSWRD_WQX-CARL_SLSL) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Side Lake" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CARL_SLSL. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010105.

This site is located in Henderson County County, North Carolina at 35.2737308400 degrees latitude and -82.4481090900 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 667 m No vertical 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-CARL_SLSL" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2003 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2005
Microbiological 2002 - 2023
Nutrient 2002 - 2005
Organics, Other 2002 - 2023
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2005
Physical 2002 - 2023
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CARL_SLSL
MonitoringLocationName Side Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located on the northern edge of the park, this man-made lake is the extreme downstream end of the Side Lake watershed. The lake is fed by waters of Trout Pond Spring and an unnamed non-park tributary. Sample the outflow at lake spillway. Access to the lake is easy and safe in all conditions.
HUCEightDigitCode 06010105
LatitudeMeasure 35.2737308400
LongitudeMeasure -82.4481090900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 667
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET