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Back Bay Deep (BMIC_WQX-BBDP) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This great lake site, maintained by the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan (Tribal) (identifier BMIC_WQX), has the name "Back Bay Deep" and has the identifier BMIC_WQX-BBDP.

This site is located in Chippewa County County, Michigan at 46.4287290000 degrees latitude and -84.5769220000 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 "BMIC_WQX-BBDP" 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 2009 - 2024
Biological, Counts 2005 - 2014
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2021
Information 2009 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2024
Microbiological 2009 - 2024
Nutrient 2009 - 2024
Physical 2009 - 2024
*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 BMIC_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BMIC_WQX-BBDP
MonitoringLocationName Back Bay Deep
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Back Bay is part of the Bay Mills Whitefish Bay Reserve. This site is sampled in the deepest part of the bay.
LatitudeMeasure 46.4287290000
LongitudeMeasure -84.5769220000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET