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La Cygnes Lake (NARS_WQX-NLA06608-0632) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS) (identifier NARS_WQX), has the name "La Cygnes Lake" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-NLA06608-0632. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10290102.

This site is located in Linn County County, Kansas at 38.3572352610 degrees latitude and -94.6351417684 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 256.18 m 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 "NARS_WQX-NLA06608-0632" 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, Phytoplankton 2007 - 2007
Information 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 2007
*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 NARS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS_WQX-NLA06608-0632
MonitoringLocationName La Cygnes Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText VISIT_NO="1";DATE_COL="2007-06-12";WSA_ECO3="PLNLOW";WSA_ECO9="TPL";REACHCODE="10290102002657";COM_ID="2995490";STATUS_VER="Target_Sampled";SAMPLED="YES";LAKE_SAMP="Target_Sampled";SITE_TYPE="PROB_Lake";TNT="Target";ALBERS_X="118138.034906";ALBERS_Y="96927.5437621";FLD_LON_DD="-94.65656";FLD_LAT_DD="38.35368";FLD_SRC="Index_site";EPA_REG="Region_7";AREA_CAT7="(50,100]"
HUCEightDigitCode 10290102
LatitudeMeasure 38.3572352610
LongitudeMeasure -94.6351417684
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 256.18
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 20
CountyCode 107
ProviderName STORET