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LMG060-0029 (INSTOR_WQX-7162) 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 Indiana STORET (identifier INSTOR_WQX), has the name "LMG060-0029" and has the identifier INSTOR_WQX-7162. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001.

This site is located in Porter County County, Indiana at 41.6177777777 degrees latitude and -87.1761111111 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "INSTOR_WQX-7162" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1984 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1984 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1984 - 2020
Not Assigned 1984 - 2020
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Organics, BDEs 1984 - 2010
Organics, Other 1984 - 2020
Organics, PCBs 1984 - 2020
Organics, Pesticide 1984 - 2020
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2020 - 2020
Physical 1986 - 2020
Radiochemical 2000 - 2020
Stable Isotopes 1984 - 2000
*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 INSTOR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Indiana STORET
MonitoringLocationIdentifier INSTOR_WQX-7162
MonitoringLocationName LMG060-0029
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Portage Marina Public Access Site; Upstream
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.6177777777
LongitudeMeasure -87.1761111111
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 127
ProviderName STORET