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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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O'Leary Lake (11NPSWRD_WQX-VOYA_20) 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 "O'Leary Lake" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-VOYA_20. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030001.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 48.4159722600 degrees latitude and -92.5325060170 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-VOYA_20" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2006
Information 2006 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Not Assigned 2006 - 2010
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2010
*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-VOYA_20
MonitoringLocationName O'Leary Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station: A map with additional notes on Station Description is shown in Record #1 under the Pictures tab above. Landmarks: 1. North end of rock face jus south of lake outlet 8 deg., 2. Middle of rock in NW part of the lake 288 deg., 3. Rock face on west side of lake 192 deg. Complete descriptions of landmark locations are shown in Record #'s 2 and 3 under the Pictures tab above. Benchmark: A benchmark was established and used as a reference point by which to measure lake water level. A complete description of the benchmark location, including GPS coordinates (UTM NAD83 Zone 15N - 5362816.39 N, 534882.00 E) is shown in Record # 4 under the Pictures tab above.
HUCEightDigitCode 09030001
LatitudeMeasure 48.4159722600
LongitudeMeasure -92.5325060170
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET