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Bad River at Government Road (BADRIVER_WQX-BadGovt) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin (identifier BADRIVER_WQX), has the name "Bad River at Government Road" and has the identifier BADRIVER_WQX-BadGovt. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010302.

This site is located in Ashland County County, Wisconsin at 46.5994000000 degrees latitude and -90.6894000000 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 "BADRIVER_WQX-BadGovt" 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 2022 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2012 - 2016
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2010 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2016
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2017
Information 2020 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Microbiological 1997 - 2023
Not Assigned 2010 - 2023
Nutrient 1997 - 2023
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 1997 - 2023
Physical, Habitat 2020 - 2023
*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 BADRIVER_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BADRIVER_WQX-BadGovt
MonitoringLocationName Bad River at Government Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04010302
LatitudeMeasure 46.5994000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.6894000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET