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Cayuga Lake (EPA_GLNPO-CAY) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the EPA Great Lakes National Program (identifier EPA_GLNPO), has the name "Cayuga Lake" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-CAY. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04140201.

This site is located in Cayuga County County, New York at 42.6833330000 degrees latitude and -76.6961110000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. The horizontal location collection method was "Unknown" and the accuracy is 10 m.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "EPA_GLNPO-CAY" 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 2013 - 2013
Biological, Fish 2011 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2011 - 2012
Not Assigned 2011 - 2012
Organics, BDEs 2011 - 2012
Organics, Other 2011 - 2012
Organics, PCBs 2011 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2011 - 2012
Physical 2013 - 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 EPA_GLNPO
OrganizationFormalName EPA Great Lakes National Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_GLNPO-CAY
MonitoringLocationName Cayuga Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText GLFMSP CSMI Reference Station - Cayuga Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 04140201
LatitudeMeasure 42.6833330000
LongitudeMeasure -76.6961110000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 011
ProviderName STORET