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Valley Lake (Dog Pond) (1VTDECWQ-503899) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Vermont Dept of Environmental Conservation (identifier 1VTDECWQ), has the name "Valley Lake (Dog Pond)" and has the identifier 1VTDECWQ-503899. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04150403.

This site is located in Washington County County, Vermont at 44.4486000000 degrees latitude and -72.4405000000 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 "1VTDECWQ-503899" 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 1980 - 2023
Information 1980 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2018 - 2023
Nutrient 1981 - 2023
Organics, Other 2021 - 2021
Physical 1993 - 2023
*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 1VTDECWQ
OrganizationFormalName Vermont Dept of Environmental Conservation
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 1VTDECWQ-503899
MonitoringLocationName Valley Lake (Dog Pond)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText STATION LOCATED IN DEEP HOLE IN CENTRAL PORTION OF LAKE NEARER THE WESTERN SHORE THAN THE EAST
HUCEightDigitCode 04150403
LatitudeMeasure 44.4486000000
LongitudeMeasure -72.4405000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 50
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET