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SOUTH BRANCH IRON RIVER AT US-2 CROSSING; IRON RIVER TOWNSHIP, SECTION 18 (21MICH_WQX-360164) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Michigan DEQ (identifier 21MICH_WQX), has the name "SOUTH BRANCH IRON RIVER AT US-2 CROSSING; IRON RIVER TOWNSHIP, SECTION 18" and has the identifier 21MICH_WQX-360164. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04030106.

This site is located in Iron County County, Michigan at 46.1268800000 degrees latitude and -88.7310900000 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 "21MICH_WQX-360164" 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*
Biological, Counts 2008 - 2008
Information 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21MICH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Michigan DEQ
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MICH_WQX-360164
MonitoringLocationName SOUTH BRANCH IRON RIVER AT US-2 CROSSING; IRON RIVER TOWNSHIP, SECTION 18
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04030106
LatitudeMeasure 46.1268800000
LongitudeMeasure -88.7310900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET