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Otter Creek (FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX-Otter Middle) 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" and has the identifier FCPOTAWATOMI_WQX-Otter Middle. 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 45.4293700000 degrees latitude and -88.4878800000 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 Middle" 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 2018 - 2021
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2018 - 2021
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2024
Microbiological 2009 - 2021
Nutrient 2009 - 2024
Organics, Other 2009 - 2024
Physical 2009 - 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 Middle
MonitoringLocationName Otter Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04030105
LatitudeMeasure 45.4293700000
LongitudeMeasure -88.4878800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET