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Norris City (IL_EPA_WQX-RAR-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_WQX), has the name "Norris City" and has the identifier IL_EPA_WQX-RAR-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05140204.

This site is located in White County County, Illinois at 37.9786150000 degrees latitude and -88.3144480000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "IL_EPA_WQX-RAR-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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2006 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2015
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2006 - 2015
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2015 - 2015
Information 2006 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2015
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Organics, PCBs 2006 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2015
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName illinois epa
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IL_EPA_WQX-RAR-1
MonitoringLocationName Norris City
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NEAR DAM
HUCEightDigitCode 05140204
LatitudeMeasure 37.9786150000
LongitudeMeasure -88.3144480000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 193
ProviderName STORET