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Williamsburg Lodge Pond (11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_GMC2_WLP) 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 "Williamsburg Lodge Pond" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-COLO_GMC2_WLP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02080206.

This site is located in Williamsburg City County, Virginia at 37.2682299200 degrees latitude and -76.7015156900 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-COLO_GMC2_WLP" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1999
Nutrient 1998 - 1999
Physical 1998 - 1999
*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-COLO_GMC2_WLP
MonitoringLocationName Williamsburg Lodge Pond
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Williamsburg Lodge Pond. This site is the pond is located immediately adjacent to Colonial Parkway in the vicinity of the Williamsburg Lodge (north of Newport Avenue). It has been surmised this pond is the source of the headwaters of Papermill Creek. At Colonial Williamsburg, water from several deep (approximately 170 meters) wells is used to remove heat from condensers involved in air conditioning. The system is flow-through with the warm water containing low calcium and high chloride, alkalinity, and sodium continuously discharged into the pond.
HUCEightDigitCode 02080206
LatitudeMeasure 37.2682299200
LongitudeMeasure -76.7015156900
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 830
ProviderName STORET