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Big Lake of Whetstone Ck CA (UMC-7251/0.1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Univ. of Missouri, Columbia (identifier UMC), has the name "Big Lake of Whetstone Ck CA" and has the identifier UMC-7251/0.1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10300200.

This site is located in Callaway County County, Missouri at 38.9655642781 degrees latitude and -91.7347864419 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 12 m. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "UMC-7251/0.1" 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 2006 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2019
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2019 - 2019
Information 2006 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2015
Nutrient 2006 - 2019
Organics, Other 2006 - 2019
Physical 2006 - 2019
*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 UMC
OrganizationFormalName Univ. of Missouri, Columbia
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UMC-7251/0.1
MonitoringLocationName Big Lake of Whetstone Ck CA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NNC Big Lake near dam @ SE NE Sec 6 48N 7W
HUCEightDigitCode 10300200
LatitudeMeasure 38.9655642781
LongitudeMeasure -91.7347864419
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET