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SARA (IL_EPA-RCE-1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Illinois EPA (identifier IL_EPA), has the name "SARA" and has the identifier IL_EPA-RCE-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05120114.

This site is located in Effingham County County, Illinois at 39.1272270 degrees latitude and -88.6194480 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "IL_EPA-RCE-1" 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 2001 - 2002
Information 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2001 - 2002
Nutrient 2001 - 2002
Organics, Other 2001 - 2002
Organics, PCBs 2001 - 2002
Organics, Pesticide 2001 - 2002
Physical 2001 - 2002
*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 IL_EPA
OrganizationFormalName Illinois EPA
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IL_EPA-RCE-1
MonitoringLocationName SARA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SITE 1 NEAR DAM
HUCEightDigitCode 05120114
LatitudeMeasure 39.1272270
LongitudeMeasure -88.6194480
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET