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Ashley Lake (MASSDEP-W2638) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) (identifier MASSDEP), has the name "Ashley Lake" and has the identifier MASSDEP-W2638. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01100005.

This site is located in Berkshire County County, Massachusetts at 42.3813666700 degrees latitude and -73.1607333400 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 "MASSDEP-W2638" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Nutrient 2016 - 2016
Organics, Other 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2016
*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 MASSDEP
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MASSDEP-W2638
MonitoringLocationName Ashley Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText [index site, Washington]
HUCEightDigitCode 01100005
LatitudeMeasure 42.3813666700
LongitudeMeasure -73.1607333400
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET