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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  BMIC_WQX >  BMIC_WQX-MONLK

Monocle Lake (BMIC_WQX-MONLK) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan (Tribal) (identifier BMIC_WQX), has the name "Monocle Lake" and has the identifier BMIC_WQX-MONLK. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 04020203. You can learn more about what is happening in this HUC at the EPA's Surf Your Watershed site or at the USGS Science In Your Watershed site.

This site is located in Chippewa County County, Michigan at 46.4710740000 degrees latitude and -84.6425130000 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-MONLK" 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 National Linked Data Index, part of the Open Water Data Initiative.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2010 - 2013
Information 2010 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2013
Microbiological 2010 - 2013
Not Assigned 2010 - 2013
Nutrient 2010 - 2013
Physical 2010 - 2013
*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-MONLK
MonitoringLocationName Monocle Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Monocle Lake is hydrologically connected to Spectacle Lake an important rice lake for the community. Monocle Lake is also an important sport fishery for bass, perch, and walleye.
HUCEightDigitCode 04020203
LatitudeMeasure 46.4710740000
LongitudeMeasure -84.6425130000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET