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Shin Bone Lake (SPIRITLK-475159098415900) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Spirit Lake Tribal EPA Programs (identifier SPIRITLK), has the name "Shin Bone Lake" and has the identifier SPIRITLK-475159098415900. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020201.

This site is located in Benson County County, North Dakota at 47.8605744170 degrees latitude and -98.6996914240 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 "SPIRITLK-475159098415900" 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 2005 - 2008
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2001 - 2008
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2001 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2008
Nutrient 2001 - 2008
Physical 2001 - 2008
*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 SPIRITLK
OrganizationFormalName Spirit Lake Tribal EPA Programs
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SPIRITLK-475159098415900
MonitoringLocationName Shin Bone Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 09020201
LatitudeMeasure 47.8605744170
LongitudeMeasure -98.6996914240
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET