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Devils Lake - Main Bay Deepest (21NDHDWQ_WQX-380233) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the North Dakota Department Of Environmental Quality (identifier 21NDHDWQ_WQX), has the name "Devils Lake - Main Bay Deepest" and has the identifier 21NDHDWQ_WQX-380233. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020201.

This site is located in Ramsey County County, North Dakota at 48.0326500000 degrees latitude and -98.9533300000 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 "21NDHDWQ_WQX-380233" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 1995 - 2024
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1995 - 2024
Information 1995 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1995 - 2025
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1995 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 2025
Nutrient 1995 - 2025
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 1995
Physical 1995 - 2025
*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 21NDHDWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName North Dakota Department Of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NDHDWQ_WQX-380233
MonitoringLocationName Devils Lake - Main Bay Deepest
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 4 Mi W, 5 Mi S of Devils Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 09020201
LatitudeMeasure 48.0326500000
LongitudeMeasure -98.9533300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET