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Elk River (Lake Michigan) (GTBWATER_WQX-ELR) 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 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan (identifier GTBWATER_WQX), has the name "Elk River (Lake Michigan)" and has the identifier GTBWATER_WQX-ELR.

This site is located in Antrim County County, Michigan at 44.9027666000 degrees latitude and -85.4182166600 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 "GTBWATER_WQX-ELR" 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, Phytoplankton 2012 - 2025
Biological, Counts 2020 - 2020
Information 2024 - 2024
Not Assigned 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2025
Physical 2023 - 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 GTBWATER_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
MonitoringLocationIdentifier GTBWATER_WQX-ELR
MonitoringLocationName Elk River (Lake Michigan)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
LatitudeMeasure 44.9027666000
LongitudeMeasure -85.4182166600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET