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Upper Gar Lake Inlet from East Okoboji Lake (5) (21IOWA-11300004) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This canal transport site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "Upper Gar Lake Inlet from East Okoboji Lake (5)" and has the identifier 21IOWA-11300004. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10230003.

This site is located in Dickinson County County, Iowa at 43.3706090 degrees latitude and -95.1201140 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1397 ft 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 "21IOWA-11300004" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 2002 - 2002
Physical 2002 - 2002
*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 21IOWA
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA-11300004
MonitoringLocationName Upper Gar Lake Inlet from East Okoboji Lake (5)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Transport
HUCEightDigitCode 10230003
LatitudeMeasure 43.3706090
LongitudeMeasure -95.1201140
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1397
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET