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P237 - Root River (EPA_GLNPO-P237) 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 EPA Great Lakes National Program (identifier EPA_GLNPO), has the name "P237 - Root River" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-P237.

This site is located in Racine County County, Wisconsin at 42.7325830000 degrees latitude and -87.7786670000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "EPA_GLNPO-P237" 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 1991 - 2007
Biological, Counts 1991 - 2007
Biological, Fish 1993 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 2007
Not Assigned 1991 - 2007
Organics, BDEs 1999 - 2007
Organics, Other 1991 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 1991 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 2007
Physical 1993 - 2007
Radiochemical 1999 - 1999
*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-P237
MonitoringLocationName P237 - Root River
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fish Monitoring Port - Root River (L. Michigan)
LatitudeMeasure 42.7325830000
LongitudeMeasure -87.7786670000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET