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Derby Ditch North of East Beverly Drive at Lake Michigan (11NPSWRD_WQX-INDU_3P_0405) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Derby Ditch North of East Beverly Drive at Lake Michigan" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-INDU_3P_0405. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001.

This site is located in Porter County County, Indiana at 41.6855790000 degrees latitude and -86.9994000000 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-INDU_3P_0405" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2014 - 2016
Not Assigned 2014 - 2016
Organics, Other 2014 - 2016
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2016
*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-INDU_3P_0405
MonitoringLocationName Derby Ditch North of East Beverly Drive at Lake Michigan
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Derby Ditch north of East Beverly Drive at Lake Michigan. This site is Derby Ditch on the shore of Lake Michigan, approximately 1 kilometer north of East Beverly Drive. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 414107086592800 with the station name of Derby Dit Outlet, Beverly Shores, Ind.
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.6855790000
LongitudeMeasure -86.9994000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 127
ProviderName STORET