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Walker Lake @ Sportsman's Beach Boat Dock (21NEV1_WQX-WL) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (identifier 21NEV1_WQX), has the name "Walker Lake @ Sportsman's Beach Boat Dock" and has the identifier 21NEV1_WQX-WL. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16050304.

This site is located in Mineral County County, Nevada at 38.6880608000 degrees latitude and -118.7690964000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3987.00 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 "21NEV1_WQX-WL" 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 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2004
Microbiological 1999 - 2004
Nutrient 1999 - 2004
Physical 1999 - 2004
Radiochemical 2004 - 2004
*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 21NEV1_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NEV1_WQX-WL
MonitoringLocationName Walker Lake @ Sportsman's Beach Boat Dock
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText WALKER RIVER LONG TERM MONITORING SITE AND LAKE STUDIES SAMPLING SITE. THIS SITE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. WALKER LAKE AT SPORTMAN'S BEACH. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ON A BIMONTHLY BASIS BY NDEP PERSONNEL FROM 11-09-1992 TO 12-06-2004. PRIORLY WAS SAMPLED IRREGUL
HUCEightDigitCode 16050304
LatitudeMeasure 38.6880608000
LongitudeMeasure -118.7690964000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3987.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET