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Dark Lake (USFSEASTERN-69079000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Eastern Regional Office (identifier USFSEASTERN), has the name "Dark Lake" and has the identifier USFSEASTERN-69079000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030005.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 47.6334303600 degrees latitude and -92.7820623800 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "USFSEASTERN-69079000" 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 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2005 - 2005
Information 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Not Assigned 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2003 - 2005
Organics, Other 2005 - 2005
Physical 2003 - 2005
*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 USFSEASTERN
OrganizationFormalName Eastern Regional Office
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USFSEASTERN-69079000
MonitoringLocationName Dark Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 09030005
LatitudeMeasure 47.6334303600
LongitudeMeasure -92.7820623800
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET