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Delight Lake (11NPSWRD_WQX-KEFJ_DELL008) 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 "Delight Lake" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KEFJ_DELL008. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)19020202.

This site is located in Kenai Peninsula Borough County, Alaska at 59.5440262600 degrees latitude and -150.3084290900 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 10 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-KEFJ_DELL008" 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*
Physical 2004 - 2004
*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-KEFJ_DELL008
MonitoringLocationName Delight Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Delight Lake - shallow area along west beach 300 - 400 m from discharge end of lake Medium lake level covers some grasses in this area but there are exposed beaches as well. Beach cobble is 1/2" up to 4". Shore veg is grass & willow w/ some small woody debris at waters edge.
HUCEightDigitCode 19020202
LatitudeMeasure 59.5440262600
LongitudeMeasure -150.3084290900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 122
ProviderName STORET