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Otter Creek Big Stone Area (FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX-OTTER BIG STONE) 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 Forest County Potawatomi Community (Tribal) (identifier FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX), has the name "Otter Creek Big Stone Area" and has the identifier FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX-OTTER BIG STONE. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04030105.

This site is located in Forest County County, Wisconsin at 45.4281100000 degrees latitude and -88.4568600000 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 "FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX-OTTER BIG STONE" 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, Cyanobacteria 2006 - 2021
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2021
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2006 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2015
Microbiological 2006 - 2021
Nutrient 2006 - 2024
Organics, Other 2006 - 2024
Physical 1949 - 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 FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Forest County Potawatomi Community (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX-OTTER BIG STONE
MonitoringLocationName Otter Creek Big Stone Area
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Section of Otter Creek where a large boulder sits right where sample is taken
HUCEightDigitCode 04030105
LatitudeMeasure 45.4281100000
LongitudeMeasure -88.4568600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET