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Waishkey River 4a (BMIC_WQX-WR4a) 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 Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan (Tribal) (identifier BMIC_WQX), has the name "Waishkey River 4a" and has the identifier BMIC_WQX-WR4a. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04020203.

This site is located in Chippewa County County, Michigan at 46.3971460000 degrees latitude and -84.5326760000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-WR4a" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2023
Microbiological 2015 - 2023
Nutrient 2015 - 2023
Physical 2015 - 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 BMIC_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BMIC_WQX-WR4a
MonitoringLocationName Waishkey River 4a
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site replaces Site WR4, and is sampled at 7 1/2 mile Rd.
HUCEightDigitCode 04020203
LatitudeMeasure 46.3971460000
LongitudeMeasure -84.5326760000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET