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Platte Lake at 90 Foot Basin (11NPSWRD_WQX-SLBE_PL_01_PLIA) 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 "Platte Lake at 90 Foot Basin" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-SLBE_PL_01_PLIA. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04060104.

This site is located in Benzie County County, Michigan at 44.7018333000 degrees latitude and -86.1150000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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-SLBE_PL_01_PLIA" 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*
Information 1980 - 1996
*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-SLBE_PL_01_PLIA
MonitoringLocationName Platte Lake at 90 Foot Basin
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is located on the Beulah Michigan 7.5 minute USGS topographic quadrangle. The station lies in the northwest portion of Platte Lake at a location identified as the 90foot basin which is marked with a buoy and appears on depth maps. Data were gathered in conjunction with the case: Platte Lake Improvement Association v Michigan Department of Natural Resources Ingham County Court Case No. 8657122CE. Questions regarding the data may be answered by Joseph T. FussCourt Master (Aquatic Systems Engineering) PH. (717)3762025; Wilfred SwieckiPresident Platte Lake Improvement Assoc. PH.(810)5533110; or Hatchery ManagerPlatte River State Fish Hatchery PH. (616)3754611. This Station is one of six river and five lake stations comprising the dataset. The secchi disk data stored at this station is reported by the Platte Lake Improvement Assoc. on a weekly basis. The date in STORET is the date for the week of the sampling not the precise date.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 04060104
LatitudeMeasure 44.7018333000
LongitudeMeasure -86.1150000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET