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Michiana Shores Stop 37 (21INDEM-MichSh37) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-great lake site, maintained by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (identifier 21INDEM), has the name "Michiana Shores Stop 37" and has the identifier 21INDEM-MichSh37. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001.

This site is located in Laporte County County, Indiana at 41.7601100000 degrees latitude and -86.8238400000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21INDEM-MichSh37" 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*
Microbiological 2016 - 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 21INDEM
OrganizationFormalName Indiana Department of Environmental Management
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21INDEM-MichSh37
MonitoringLocationName Michiana Shores Stop 37
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Great Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.7601100000
LongitudeMeasure -86.8238400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET