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LAKE WACO NEAR SH 6 (TCEQMAIN-11948) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (identifier TCEQMAIN), has the name "LAKE WACO NEAR SH 6" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-11948. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12060203.

This site is located in Mclennan County County, Texas at 31.5250000000 degrees latitude and -97.2361000000 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 "TCEQMAIN-11948" 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 1983 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1973 - 2025
Biological, Counts 2012 - 2012
Information 1973 - 2025
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1973 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1975 - 1990
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1975 - 1990
Microbiological 1974 - 2025
Nutrient 1973 - 2025
Organics, Other 1975 - 2025
Organics, PCBs 1975 - 1975
Organics, Pesticide 1975 - 1980
Physical 1973 - 2025
*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 TCEQMAIN
OrganizationFormalName Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TCEQMAIN-11948
MonitoringLocationName LAKE WACO NEAR SH 6
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 12060203
LatitudeMeasure 31.5250000000
LongitudeMeasure -97.2361000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 309
ProviderName STORET