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Wonder Lake Rain and Surface Water Site near Mt. McKinley (11NPSWRD_WQX-DENA_TFP_WL) 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 "Wonder Lake Rain and Surface Water Site near Mt. McKinley" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-DENA_TFP_WL. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19040510.

This site is located in Denali Borough County, Alaska at 63.4767878000 degrees latitude and -150.8823725000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-DENA_TFP_WL" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Radiochemical 1963 - 1963
*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-DENA_TFP_WL
MonitoringLocationName Wonder Lake Rain and Surface Water Site near Mt. McKinley
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is in Denali National Park and Preserve at Wonder Lake near Mt. McKinley. The source reported that both rain and lake samples were collected at Wonder Lake but did not provide more specific descriptions of the sampling locations or collection procedures. The lake water sample was collected July 31, 1963 and the rain sample was collected the next day, August 1, 1963.
HUCEightDigitCode 19040510
LatitudeMeasure 63.4767878000
LongitudeMeasure -150.8823725000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 068
ProviderName STORET