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Wayne City (IL_EPA_WQX-RCT) 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 "Wayne City" and has the identifier IL_EPA_WQX-RCT. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05120115.

This site is located in Wayne County County, Illinois at 38.3598255925 degrees latitude and -88.5909810669 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-RCT" 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 2011 - 2011
Biological, Aquatic Plants 2011 - 2011
Biological, Counts 2011 - 2011
Information 2011 - 2011
Not Assigned 2011 - 2011
Physical 2011 - 2011
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 2011
Sediment 2011 - 2011
*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-RCT
MonitoringLocationName Wayne City
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site represents the entire lake, but not necessarily any specific location in the lake. The ArcGIS Central Points Coordinates tool was used, on lake-polygon features, to derive geographic coordinates.
HUCEightDigitCode 05120115
LatitudeMeasure 38.3598255925
LongitudeMeasure -88.5909810669
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 191
ProviderName STORET