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Sandy Channel Lake (SRA) -- North Beach -- Site 05 (21NEB001_WQX-LMP2SANDCH05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (identifier 21NEB001_WQX), has the name "Sandy Channel Lake (SRA) -- North Beach -- Site 05" and has the identifier 21NEB001_WQX-LMP2SANDCH05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10200101.

This site is located in Buffalo County County, Nebraska at 40.6703600000 degrees latitude and -99.3779100000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21NEB001_WQX-LMP2SANDCH05" 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*
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2016 - 2022
Microbiological 2016 - 2022
*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 21NEB001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEB001_WQX-LMP2SANDCH05
MonitoringLocationName Sandy Channel Lake (SRA) -- North Beach -- Site 05
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Elm Creek exit 257 from Interstate 80, south 1.5 miles Highway 183 to Sandy Channel SRA. Enter and proceed to the north, grab sample at the public beach area on the northwest area of the lake.
HUCEightDigitCode 10200101
LatitudeMeasure 40.6703600000
LongitudeMeasure -99.3779100000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET