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Beeds Lake - Alternate Beach Site #2 (21IOWA-21350003) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "Beeds Lake - Alternate Beach Site #2" and has the identifier 21IOWA-21350003. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080204.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Iowa at 42.7715200 degrees latitude and -93.2352080 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1137 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-21350003" 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 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
*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-21350003
MonitoringLocationName Beeds Lake - Alternate Beach Site #2
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 07080204
LatitudeMeasure 42.7715200
LongitudeMeasure -93.2352080
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1137
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET