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MCPHERSON CO STATE FISHING LAKE (21KAN001_WQX-LM013501) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake site, maintained by the Kansas Department Of Health And Environment (identifier 21KAN001_WQX), has the name "MCPHERSON CO STATE FISHING LAKE" and has the identifier 21KAN001_WQX-LM013501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10260008.

This site is located in Mcpherson County County, Kansas at 38.4856000000 degrees latitude and -97.4727600000 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 "21KAN001_WQX-LM013501" 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

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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1982 - 2012
Information 1982 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1982 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1982 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1982 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1982 - 2012
Microbiological 1982 - 2012
Nutrient 1982 - 2012
Organics, Other 2001 - 2012
Organics, PCBs 1988 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 1982 - 2012
Physical 1982 - 2012
Radiochemical 2012 - 2012
*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 21KAN001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21KAN001_WQX-LM013501
MonitoringLocationName MCPHERSON CO STATE FISHING LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 10260008
LatitudeMeasure 38.4856000000
LongitudeMeasure -97.4727600000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 113
ProviderName STORET