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Armourdale Dam, South Arm (21NDHDWQ-385217) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake site, maintained by the North Dakota Dept. of Health (identifier 21NDHDWQ), has the name "Armourdale Dam, South Arm" and has the identifier 21NDHDWQ-385217. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020315.

This site is located in Towner County County, North Dakota at 48.8783300 degrees latitude and -99.4319400 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "21NDHDWQ-385217" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2004
Nutrient 2003 - 2004
Physical 2003 - 2004
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21NDHDWQ
OrganizationFormalName North Dakota Dept. of Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NDHDWQ-385217
MonitoringLocationName Armourdale Dam, South Arm
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText South arm of the Armourdale Dam located in the center of the arm at a maximum depth of 15 feet (5 meters).
HUCEightDigitCode 09020315
LatitudeMeasure 48.8783300
LongitudeMeasure -99.4319400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET